Jim Bowen

James Charles Bowen

• School University of Northern Iowa

• Born January 18, 1943 in Iowa USA
• Died December 10, 2009 in Turlock, CA USA

Biographical Information

Jim Bowen was a graduate assistant and junior vasity coach at University of Iowa in 1970. He was then head coach at California State University, Stanislaus from 1971 to 1985 and 1987 to 1996, winning NCAA Division III College World Series in 1976 and 1977. He was 639-585 at CSUS.

Bowen was named head coach of the U.S. Baseball Federation team that played in Venezuela in 1980 after serving the previous year as assistant coach of the team that competed in Seoul, Korea.

obit at CSUS website

Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1971	Stanislaus State College	14-18-1
1972	Stanislaus State College	19-29-1
1973	Stanislaus State College	18-21
1974	Stanislaus State College	24-22
1975	Stanislaus State College	34-19		NAIA District Tournaments
1976	Stanislaus State College	33-20-2	11-6	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1977	Stanislaus State College	35-18-1	11-7	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1978	Stanislaus State College	36-19	13-5	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1979	Stanislaus State College	34-23	17-18	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1980	Stanislaus State College	32-17-1		Division III Regionals
1981	Stanislaus State College	24-25
1982	Stanislaus State College	35-16-1	17-13-1	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1983	Stanislaus State College	25-24		Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1984	Stanislaus State College	21-33	13-23
1985	Stanislaus State College	18-29-1
1987	California State University, Stanislaus	21-29	12-18
1988	California State University, Stanislaus	30-12	19-9	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1989	California State University, Stanislaus	26-19	10-17	Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1990	California State University, Stanislaus	25-27	16-13
1991	California State University, Stanislaus	31-17	17-10
1992	California State University, Stanislaus	19-28	11-19
1993	California State University, Stanislaus	28-24	21-14
1994	California State University, Stanislaus	21-30	16-19
1995	California State University, Stanislaus	19-35	10-25
1996	California State University, Stanislaus	17-37	8-27