Tommy Pearce Bowden (/ˈbaʊdən/; born July 10, 1954) is an American former college football coach.

He is also a brother of Terry Bowden, who served as the head coach of Auburn.

Despite being one of only two undefeated teams in the regular season, Tulane was not even considered for a bid in a Bowl Championship Series game because it was believed they had not played a difficult schedule.

He resigned on October 13, 2008, after leading the team to a disappointing 3–3 record (1–2 ACC) at the midpoint of a season in which the Tigers had been an almost unanimous preseason pick to win their first ACC title under Bowden and were ranked #9 in the preseason polls.

[1][2] *Self-imposed punishment for team fight with South Carolina ‡ Bowden resigned on October 13, 2008.