Tim Bowens is now in his third year as head football coach at Clark Atlanta University.
Coach Bowens leads his Panthers back onto the field in 2021 after the 2020 season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic His first season was in 2019 when CAU had the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's leading passer, the conference's second-best passing offense and was in the top five in nine offensive, defensive and special teams categories.
Bowens came to Clark Atlanta University from Georgia State University where he was an assistant coach in charge of running backs. He led the Panthers’ offense to a school-record 2,057 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns on the ground in 2018, as his squad improved their rushing average by nearly 60 yards per game over the previous season.
Before coming to Georgia State in February 2018, Bowens spent four years as an assistant coach at the University of South Alabama, the last three seasons as running backs coach. During his time at USA, Bowens coached the two-time All-Sun Belt Conference running back Xavier Johnson who finished as the career rushing leader and was part of a staff that earned the program’s first-ever bowl berth.
Bowens has also been an assistant coach at Samford, Alabama-Birmingham, and the University of Alabama, as well as head coach at Tanner (Ala.) High School and offensive coordinator at Coffee (Ala.) High School.
Bowens was a wide receiver at Alabama from 1996-99 and helped the Crimson Tide to on Southeastern Conference title, two SEC West Division titles and three bowl games. He earned his degree in human environmental sciences from Alabama in 2000.
A native of Florence, Ala., Bowens and his wife, Kesha, have four sons (Timothy, Taylor, Tanner and Christian), and a daughter (Kallie)
