Bowden to retire after bowl game (AP)

Courtesy Yahoo! Sports - Top News  Tue, 12/01/2009 - 14:25

Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder, left, and linebacker Dekoda Watson, speak at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, in Tallahassee, Fla., regarding the announcement that Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden will retire as coach after their bowl game.<br /><br />Bowden announced in a written statement, after talking to the team, that the bowl game will be his last game at Florida State.

Bobby Bowden will end his 44-year coaching career after Florida State plays in a bowl game.

Bowden will retire as the second winningest coach in major-college football behind Penn State's Joe Paterno.

The 80-year-old Bowden has won 388 games at Samford, West Virginia and Florida State, where he spent the last 34 seasons.


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