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Bobby Bowden talks faith, football at breakfast in Charleston
Mar 6th
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Bobby Bowden spent 57 years standing on the sidelines coaching football. Retirement is a different game.
The 80-year-old Bowden, who left Florida State after the Seminoles beat his former West Virginia program in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1, has spent the last two months flying around the country and beyond “making talks,” as he phrased it Thursday morning in Charleston.
“Last Sunday I was in Brazil, and the Sunday before that I was in Hawaii, and that’s the way it’s been,” said Bowden, who spoke at the Louderback Leadership Prayer Breakfast at Christ Church United Methodist. “Travel, speak, everywhere. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta and now West Virginia.”
In Bowden’s mind, there’s no reason to spend his life after coaching on the sidelines, too. Thursday’s speech was the first of two he scheduled in the state on the same day. He left Charleston for Morgantown, where he spoke at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes function in the evening. He was to meet with approximately 30 of his former Mountaineer players today.
Florida’s Urban Meyer resigns over health and faith
Dec 27th
Florida coach Urban Meyer resigned on Saturday amid health concerns and faith issues. He will coach his final game at the Sugar Bowl against Cincinnati on New Year’s Day, and then will promptly step down after five seasons as Florida’s head coach.
Meyer leaves Florida with a 56-10 record that includes a 32-8 mark in league play and a school-record 22-game winning streak that was snapped by the Crimson Tide in that SEC title game.
“I have given my heart and soul to coaching college football and mentoring young men for the last 24-plus years and I have dedicated most of my waking moments the last five years to the Gator football program,” Meyer said in a statement. “I have ignored my health for years, but recent developments have forced me to re-evaluate my priorities of faith and family.”
