Northwestern State University of Louisana

Recruiting Areas: Dallas-Forth Worth Metroplex

After a one-year hiatus, Jeff Bowen returns to the Northwestern State coaching staff as the Demons offensive line coach.

Bowen spent two previous seasons (2014, 2015) on the NSU staff, coaching tight ends and assisting with the offensive line. 

A veteran of the Southland Conference as a player, Bowen spent the 2016 season at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College in Miami, Oklahoma. While at Northeastern Oklahoma, Bowen saw four of his five sophomore offensive linemen sign with Football Bowl Subdivision teams.

He tutored first-team all-conference linemen Larry Joubert and Sammy Bernard as well as honorable mention all-conference selections Davis Harker and Kris’Sean Edwards. Joubert signed with Oklahoma State, Bernard with New Mexico and Harker and Edwards earned scholarships to New Mexico State. 

Bowen’s offensive line helped the Golden Norse average 40 points and 530 yards of total offense per game in 2016, increasing their scoring by a touchdown and upping their yardage by more than 130 yards per game. 

A veteran of the Southland Conference while a player at Texas State,Bowen spent the 2014 season as a graduate assistant with the Demons, assisting Ben Norton with the offensive line. In 2015, Bowen slid over and coached the NSU tight ends.

Bowen was an integral part of an offensive staff that saw the Demons set a multitude of school single-season records on offense. He assisted in building an offensive line that helped Northwestern State accumulate a school-record 4,948 yards total offense, while setting additional single-season school marks for first downs (274), first downs via pass (140), completions (262), completion percentage (67.2) and passing yardage (2,864).

Prior to arriving at NSU, Bowen served three years as a graduate assistant coach for UTSA. There, he helped lead UTSA to an 8-4 overall record and a 3-3 mark in its first and only season in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 2012. The campaign was highlighted by historic wins against South Alabama, the program’s first road and Football Bowl Subdivision victory, and New Mexico State, its first league win. The offense averaged 31.2 points and 390.2 yards per game, and the offensive line paved the way for 1,911 yards and 21 touchdowns on the ground and allowed just seven sacks in 368 passing attempts. Offensive guard Scott Inskeep earned second-team All-WAC accolades.

Bowen helped lead the Roadrunners to a 4-6 record in 2011. The offense averaged 26.6 points and 364.5 yards (144.8 rush/219.7 pass) per game and scored 31 touchdowns during their inaugural campaign.

Bowen came to UTSA from Texas State, where he was a graduate assistant coach during the 2010 campaign. He assisted with the offensive line and was responsible for the centers and guards.

The North Richland Hills, Texas, native was an offensive lineman at Texas State from 2007-08. As a senior, Bowen earned first-team All-Southland Conference and honorable mention Football Championship Subdivision All-America accolades and also collected the Bobcats’ John O’Hara Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award. He also was a member of the Southland Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in 2007 and ‘08.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in management from Texas State in 2008 and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from UTSA in 2013.

Bowen was a three-year letterwinner at Birdville High School near Fort Worth from 2001-03. A two-year team captain, he earned first-team all-district honors as a senior and was an honorable mention selection as a junior.