Football

Clint Bowen is in his first year as defensive coordinator and safeties coach for North Texas, having joined the Mean Green after a one season at Western Kentucky. Prior to that he was the defensive coordinator at Kansas.

Bowen will be charged with getting the North Texas defense back to its prominent place in the Sun Belt Conference where it dominated the league from 2001-03.  Bowen has been a defensive coordinator for the last five years, including four years at Kansas and one year at Western Kentucky. 

Coaching Jayhawk safeties from 2003-09, Bowen had at least one of his players earn postseason All-Big 12 Conference recognition each year.  His 2007 defense ranked fourth in the nation in scoring defense and ranked in the top 10 nationally in both passing defense and rushing defense.  

He helped Kansas post a 3-1 bowl record during his tenure, including a 24-21 win over Virginia Tech in the 2008 Orange Bowl.  Kansas finished the 2007 season with a 12-1 record and No. 7 national ranking in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today coaches polls.

In just one year at Western Kentucky, he helped the Hilltopper defense improve in every statistical category - going from 120th to 77th in passing defense, 118th to 86th in rushing defense, 118th to 69th in total defense and 119th to 99th in scoring defense.  His 2010 unit led the Sun Belt Conference in total defense and passing defense in conference games. 

A native of Lawrence and a prep star at Lawrence High School, Bowen worked as a defensive graduate assistant coach at Kansas in 1998 and 1999. He served as assistant director of football operations during the 2000 season. Bowen served one season (1997) as a graduate assistant at Minnesota with his college coach, Glen Mason.

Bowen was a hard-hitting defensive back for the Jayhawks in 1992-93 following one season at Butler County Community College. He led the KU defense in total tackles in 1993 with 114 total stops. That figure ranks as the third-most tackles by a Jayhawk defensive back in school history.

Bowen was instrumental in helping the Jayhawks to an 8-4 final record, a No. 22 national ranking and a win over Brigham Young in the 1992 Aloha Bowl. He was the recipient of the school's Willie Pless Tackler of the Year Award following his senior season in 1993.

He is the product of a football family. His father (Charley Bowen) was a two-time high school All-American at Lawrence High School and his older brother (Charley, Jr.) was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive back for the Jayhawks and played in the Arena Football League.

Bowen and his wife Kristie have two sons, Baylor and Banks.