Remembering FSU’s Bobby Bowden: Through the Years

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Coach Bobby Bowden led the Seminoles to consensus National Championships in 1993 and 1999. (FSU Photography Services)
Bobby Bowden is the only coach in the history of major college football to compile 14 consecutive 10-win seasons (1987-2000). (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bobby Bowden led FSU to 31 bowl appearances in 34 seasons, including 28 straight. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bobby Bowden with his wife, Ann, and Monk Bonasorte, who served as Director of Football Operations under Bowden, in 2005. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bobby Bowden with musician Willie Nelson, actor Burt Reynolds and former FSU president, T.K. Wetherell in 2006. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bowden with Moses Osceola and former FSU president T.K. Wetherell at a Seminole Tribe Hall of Fame event in 2006. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bowden speaks to the Florida Legislature during FSU Day at the Capitol in 2007. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bowden fires up the crowd alongside Voice of the Seminoles Gene Deckeroff during a pep rally in 2009. (FSU Photography Services)
Former ACC Commissioner John Swofford awards Coach Bowden the inaugural ACC Championship Game trophy after the Seminoles defeated Virginia Tech, 27-22, on Dec. 3, 2005, in Jacksonville, Florida. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bobby Bowden shakes hands with his son Tommy, then-head coach of Clemson, before the 2006 Bowden Bowl. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bowden greets members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida during a return visit to Doak Campbell Stadium in 2015. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bobby Bowden delivers the commencement address to FSU graduates during a ceremony May 3, 2014, at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. The university also conferred an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Bowden during the ceremony. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bowden poses with Charlie Ward in 2006 in front of Ward's 1993 Heisman Trophy, which is displayed in the Moore Athletic Center. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bobby Bowden talks with FSU alumnus and College GameDay personality Lee Corso before a game at Doak Campbell Stadium in 2008. (FSU Photography Services)
Coach Bowden and his wife, Ann, listen to the National Anthem before his final game at the Gator Bowl against West Virginia on Jan. 1, 2010. (FSU Photography Services)