Bobby Bowden

When talking about successful coaches in college football in the 1990s, the conversation can be considered meaningless if Bobby Bowden is not mentioned at some point. Bowden, who has been at the helm of the Florida State Seminoles for the past 24 seasons, took over a mediocre FSU team and made it great. In his time in Tallahassee, the Seminoles have won two national championships (1993, 99), six ACC titles and have won more games in the 90s (109) than any team has in any previous decade in NCAA history. FSU was also the first wire-to-wire No. 1-ranked team in the 49-year history of the Associated Press poll and the \'Noles are the only team to finish among the AP\'s top four teams for 13 consecutive years. In short, Bowden knows how to coach, but he also knows how to deal with the media. Considered one of the most personable and accessible members of college football and a known devout