From 2005 to 2008, Bowman served as the head coach of the men's swimming and diving team of the University of Michigan.

He has a younger sister, Donna Bowman, who works at Chapin Middle School as a computer science teacher.

Bowman graduated from Florida State with a Bachelor of Science degree in developmental psychology and a minor in music composition in 1987.

While with the Birmingham Swim League, he was responsible for program design, staff development and daily operation of a 250-member club.

Under Bowman's tutelage at the North Baltimore Aquatic club, Phelps won five World Championship gold medals and was named the American Swimmer of the Year from 2001 to 2004.

[1] At the University of Michigan, Bowman worked closely with Greg Harden, then the sport administrator for swimming.

Harden spoke often with both Bowman and Phelps during their time in Ann Arbor leading up to the 2008 Olympics, and he helped to improve communication between coach and swimmer.

[8][9] In March 2023, Bowman led the ASU Men's swimming and diving team to its first Pac-12 Conference Championship in program history.

Later that month, Bowman would lead the ASU Men's swimming and diving team to second place at NCAA division I championships.

[13][14] At the same time, Bowman continued to train multiple American Olympians, as well as Hungarian gold medal winner Hubert Kós.