Bob Owens
Bob Owens went 3–4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1979 at Arizona State (interim final 7 games). His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 3–4 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1979 6–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Arizona State interim final 7 games | 3–4 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| At home | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own seven games on file, 1979, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| West Virginiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Utah Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Arizonaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Stanfordseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UCLAseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Hawai’iseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Al LuginbillSan Diego State, Pasadena, Amsterdam Admirals, Los Angeles Xtreme, Detroit Fury
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Luginbill | Arizona State, 1979: linebackers coach | San Diego State, Pasadena, Amsterdam Admirals, Los Angeles Xtreme, Detroit Fury |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.