| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Interimdefensive coordinator |
| Team | Oklahoma State |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1972-06-27)June 27, 1972 (age 53) Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990 | Butler County |
| 1991–1994 | Kansas |
| Position | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Kansas (GA) |
| 1997 | Minnesota (GA) |
| 1998–1999 | Kansas (GA) |
| 2001 | Kansas (ST/TE) |
| 2002 | Kansas (ST/RB) |
| 2003–2005 | Kansas (ST/S) |
| 2006–2007 | Kansas (co-DC/S) |
| 2008–2009 | Kansas (DC/S) |
| 2010 | Western Kentucky (DC) |
| 2011 | North Texas (DC/S) |
| 2012 | Kansas (ST/S) |
| 2013 | Kansas (LB) |
| 2014 | Kansas (DC/LB) |
| 2014 | Kansas (interim HC) |
| 2015–2018 | Kansas (AHC/DC/S) |
| 2019 | Kansas (S) |
| 2020 | North Texas (DC/S) |
| 2021–2024 | Lawrence HS (KS) |
| 2025 | Oklahoma State (OQC) |
| 2025–present | Oklahoma State (Interim DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–7 (college) |
Clint Bowen (born June 27, 1972) is an Americanfootball coach. He is the interimdefensive coordinator atOklahoma State University, a position he has held since 2025. He previously served the head football coach atLawrence High School inLawrence, Kansas from 2021 to 2024. He served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at theUniversity of North Texas in 2020.[1] Bowen has spent the large majority of his career as an assistant in some capacity, though he was named the interim head coach of theKansas Jayhawks on September 28, 2014 afterCharlie Weis was fired.[2] Bowen continue his tenure at Kansas withDavid Beaty as the defensive coordinator of the Jayhawks and was retained on staff as the safeties coach following the hiring ofLes Miles. Bowen, a formerKansas Jayhawks football player, and a Lawrence native, was on staff at Kansas for all but three years from 1996 to 2019.
Bowen grew up inPerry, Kansas outside ofLawrence, Kansas, where he led his high school, the Lawrence Lions, to state titles in football, as well as track, graduating in 1990. In college, Bowen was a hard-hittingdefensive back for the Jayhawks, in 92–93, following one season atButler County Community College. He led the Kansas defense in tackles in 1993 with 114 total stops. That figure ranks as the third-most tackles by a defensive back in school history. Bowen was instrumental in helping the Jayhawks to an 8–4 record, a No. 22 national ranking and a win overBYU in the1992 Aloha Bowl. He was the recipient of the school’s Willie Pless Tackler of the Year Award following his senior season in 1993. Bowen playedcollege football for the Jayhawks under head coachGlen Mason.
Bowen's father, Charley Bowen, was a high school All-American atLawrence High School. His older brother, Charley Jr., was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive back for the Jayhawks (1989–1992).
Bowen and his wife, Kristie, have two sons, Baylor and Banks. Kristie is the 2014 Mrs. Kansas and was named Miss Kansas in 2001.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Jayhawks(Big 12 Conference)(2014) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Kansas | 1–7[n 1] | 1–7[n 1] | 9th | |||||
| Kansas: | 1–7 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–7 | ||||||||