Ira Bowman

Ira Bowman
	Bowman in 2019
Auburn Tigers
Position	Assistant coach
League	Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born	June 11, 1973 (age 51); Newark, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school	Seton Hall Prep; (West Orange, New Jersey)
College	Providence (1991–1993); Penn (1994–1996);
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2003
Position	Guard
Number	11, 30, 7
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
1996	Gold Coast Rollers
1996–1998	Connecticut Pride
1998–1999	New Jersey Shorecats
1998–2000	Connecticut Pride
2000	Philadelphia 76ers
2001	Connecticut Pride
2001	Atlanta Hawks
2001	Philadelphia 76ers
2001	Pastificio di Nola Napoli
2002–2003	Grand Rapids Hoops
As coach:
2009–2012	NJIT (assistant)
2012–2018	Penn (assistant)
2018–present	Auburn (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	CBA champion (1999); 2× CBA All-Defensive Team (1999, 2000); Ivy League Player of the Year (1996);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Ira Bowman (born June 11, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently an assistant men's basketball coach for Auburn University.

He attended Providence College and the University of Pennsylvania^[1] but was not selected in an NBA draft. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Atlanta Hawks from 1999 to 2001. He played for the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1996 to 2001 and earned nominations to the CBA All-Defensive Team in 1999 and 2000.^[2] He played for the Grand Rapids Hoops of the CBA in 2002. He also played 13 games in the NBL for the Gold Coast Rollers in 1996.^[3]

Bowman played high school basketball at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey, where he led the team to a 31–1 record as a senior and became the school's all-time career points leader.^[4] He was also the Ivy League Player of the Year (1995–1996) when he was playing for the University of Pennsylvania.^[5]

Coaching career

Bowman, who was born in Newark, worked with Newark-based New Jersey Institute of Technology as an assistant basketball coach from 2008 to 2012 assisting head-coach Jim Engles in rebuilding the NCAA Division I record-setting (Division I transitional period) NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team.^[6] Bowman was hired by the University of Pennsylvania in June 2012 as an assistant coach at his alma mater. In 2018, Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl hired Bowman as an assistant coach.

^ Big East-Ivy marriage? It works for Penn's Bowman, by Lynn Zinser - The Sporting News, published Nov. 27, 1995
^ "Ira Bowman minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
^ Ira Bowman · #0, nblstats.com. Accessed October 21, 2007.
^ Liss, Jason. "Talented Ira Bowman waits for his opportunity" Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Pennsylvanian, February 23, 1994. Accessed October 21, 2007.
^ "Ira Bowman bio - PennAthletics.com—The Official Website of University of Pennsylvania Athletics". Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2012. Penn Quakers : 2012-2013 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff
^ http://www.njithighlanders.com/news/2008/6/10/061008aab_232.aspx?path=mbball NJIT Highlanders : NJIT Names Three Assistant Men's Basketball Coaches

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com