He then played college football at the University of Oklahoma as a center and linebacker under head coach Bud Wilkinson.
The next year, he moved onto Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma as an assistant football and wrestling coach.
[4] He was hired as head football coach at athletic director at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1967, succeeding Red Robertson.
[1] Bowman resigned from his position at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1972 to take a job with Hilco Management Corporation, an owner and operator of apartment complexes and shopping malls in Dallas.
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