John Howell "Bo" Rowland (March 20, 1903 – September 23, 1964) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now Henderson State University (1925–1930), Ouachita Baptist University (1931), The Citadel (1940–1942), Oklahoma City University (1946–1947), and George Washington University (1948–1951), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–47–7. Rowland was also the head basketball coach at Henderson-Brown from 1925 to 1931 and at Cornell University from 1936 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 40–58. Rowland died at the age of 61 on September 23, 1964, at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStanding
Henderson-Brown Reddies (Independent) (1925–1926)
1925Henderson-Brown5–5–1
1926Henderson-Brown5–3
Henderson-Brown / Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Association) (1927–1929)
1927Henderson-Brown7–0–1
1928Henderson-Brown8–0–1
1929Henderson State6–1–13–1
Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1930)
1930Henderson State8–15–01st
Henderson State:39–10–4
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1931)
1931Ouachita Baptist6–2–1
Ouachita Baptist:6–2–1
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1940–1942)
1940The Citadel4–50–415th
1941The Citadel4–3–10–2–114th
1942The Citadel5–22–2T–7th
The Citadel:13–10–12–8–1
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Independent) (1946–1947)
1946Oklahoma City10–1
1947Oklahoma City7–3
Oklahoma City:17–4
George Washington Colonials (Southern Conference) (1948–1951)
1948George Washington4–62–4T–10th
1949George Washington4–52–312th
1950George Washington5–44–38th
1951George Washington2–6–12–3–19th
George Washington:15–21–110–13–1
Total:90–47–7
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

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