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Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- michaelb@GoCards.com
- Phone:
- 852-6785
A member of the UofL men’s basketball staff for the past three years, Michael Bowden is in his second season as the Cardinals’ director of basketball operations.
Bowden served a year as director of video operations at UofL and a season as the Cards’ assistant video coordinator before his current role. He spent over two months in the summer of 2015 assisting UofL Coach Rick Pitino with his duties as the coach of the Puerto Rico National Team.
Prior to joining UofL, Bowden worked three years as video coordinator for the women’s basketball team at Maryland, where he prepared scouting videos, highlight packages for distribution and served as co-director for camps among his duties. The Terrapins reached the NCAA Elite Eight, Sweet 16, and Final Four in his three seasons there, producing a combined 85-20 record.
Bowden previously served as video coordinator on the women’s basketball staffs at South Florida for two seasons (2009-11), as well as for one year at Tulsa (2008-09) where he also served as head manager. Before joining the Tulsa staff, he was the Assistant Player Development Intern at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where he worked primarily with NBA, collegiate and international basketball players with offensive skill development.
Bowden was a volunteer manager with the University of Florida men’s basketball team for the 2007-08 season. Bowden also worked with the Florida women’s basketball team for four seasons (2004-08) as a member of the scout team, and assisted coaches in film breakdown and scouting reports. He worked three summers with the Clifford Ray & Robert Parrish Big Man Camp (2006-08), and with the Pete Newell Big Man Camp in 2007.
Bowden earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a concentration in coaching from Florida in 2008. While a student at Florida, he was an assistant varsity coach at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Fla. for two seasons.
He and his wife Stephanie have one daughter, Penelope, born in August 2017.
