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Bowden follows form, promotes from within

Compiled from Times wires
© St. Petersburg Times
published February 19, 2002

[AP photo] Florida football coach Ron Zook, left, and Florida State coach Bobby Bowden shake hands at the All Sports Association media gathering Friday.

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State coach Bobby Bowden promoted two veteran assistants Monday, naming defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews associate coach and running backs coach Billy Sexton assistant head coach.

Andrews replaces Jim Gladden, who resigned last week after 27 years as a Seminoles assistant to take an administrative job in the athletic department.

"I hated to see Jim (Gladden) go but there is a time and place for everything," Bowden said. "I've never coached a day at FSU without Jim Gladden at my side. He was, and will remain, our most popular coach."

Jody Allen, a graduate assistant who worked with the defensive backs the past two seasons, has been hired to replace Gladden as the defensive ends coach.

"I prefer to hire from within when I can," Bowden said.

USF SCHEDULE CHANGE: South Florida's schedule for this season has been tweaked a few more times as the Bulls try to secure six home games and as many as 12 total. USF will open at home against Florida Atlantic on Aug. 31, but deputy athletic director Corey Johnson said the game could be moved up to Thursday, Aug. 29.

Utah at home (Sept. 21) and Utah State on the road (Nov. 2) are no longer on the schedule, and a tentative game against Rhode Island (Oct. 26) has been nixed as the Rams instead will play at Syracuse, Johnson said. A possible game against Tennessee Tech also won't happen.

Candidates for the sixth home game include Charleston Southern and Middle Tennessee State, which originally was on the schedule for Nov. 16 but was replaced by a home game against Bowling Green.

USF's current schedule: Aug. 31 -- vs. Florida Atlantic; Sept. 7 -- vs. Northern Illinois; Sept. 14 -- at Arkansas; Sept. 28 -- at Oklahoma; Oct. 5 -- at North Texas; Oct. 12 -- vs. Southern Miss; Oct. 19 -- at East Carolina; Nov. 9 -- vs. Memphis; Nov. 16 -- vs. Bowling Green; Nov. 23 -- at Houston.

300 WINS ARE ENOUGH: Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond, one of the winningest coaches in college football history, is retiring from Delaware.

Raymond, 75, is ending a 36-year career with the Blue Hens after 300 wins. He is the ninth coach to win 300 games and the fourth to do so at one school.

-- Times staff writer Pete Young contributed to this report.

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