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Bowen returns to ECCC The screening committee

being associated with several first class programs as an assis– t ant . Bowen served a previous stint as head coach at EC from 1989-1991, leading the Warrior s to a 30-21 record. The memo also pointed out that the players he r ecruited won over fifty games the next two years following his depar– ture. Bowen has also been a head coach a t Craigmont Jun ior High School in Memphis from 1982-84 and a t J ackson Academy since 1996. He has served as an assis– t ant at Georgia State Univer sity and Armstrong State College, both in Georgia and was a graduate assistant at the Univet sity of Mississippi. Bowen graduated from

Craigmont High School in Memphis in 1979. He received his bachelor's degree from Christian Brothers College in Memphis and has done graduat e work at Memphis State and Ole Miss. A press conference was scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, on the campus of East Central Community College, announcing the addi– tion of Bowen to the coaching staff. The screening committee's memo closed by adding, ''The committee enthusiastically and unanimously voted, by secret ballot, to recommend that Mr. Jay Bowen be employed as head basketball coach at East Central Community College." Bowen has reportedly signed a one year contract to end on June 30, 1999.

received and reviewed 20 appli– cations for the position of head men's basketball coach at East Central Community College. Finally, the committee rec– ommended J ettie (J ay) Bowen to Dr. Eddie M. Smith to fill the vacant position of head men's basketball coach at East Central. A memo from the Head Men's Basket ball Coach Screening Committee said, "After careful consideration of the information available in the applicants' folders and the r esults of the interview process, we r ecommend that Mr. Jay Bowen be employed as head men's basketball coach at East Central Community College." The memo cited Bowen's 73 per cent winning record as a head coach and his history of

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