| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 20, 1903 Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 23, 1964 (aged 61) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1923–1924 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1930 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1931 | Ouachita Baptist |
| 1932–1934 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 1935 | Syracuse (assistant) |
| 1936–1939 | Cornell (assistant) |
| 1940–1942 | The Citadel |
| 1946–1947 | Oklahoma City |
| 1948–1951 | George Washington |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1931 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1936–1938 | Cornell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1940–1945 | The Citadel |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 90–47–7 (football) 40–58 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 Arkansas Association (1927–1929) 1 AIC (1930) | |
| Awards | |
| Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | |
John Howell "Bo" Rowland (March 20, 1903 – September 23, 1964) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now Henderson State University (1925–1930), Ouachita Baptist University (1931), The Citadel (1940–1942), Oklahoma City University (1946–1947), and George Washington University (1948–1951), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–47–7. Rowland was also the head basketball coach at Henderson-Brown from 1925 to 1931 and at Cornell University from 1936 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 40–58. Rowland died at the age of 61 on September 23, 1964, at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1] He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[2]