TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis honored former Florida State University Coach Bobby Bowden with the inaugural Florida Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the governor’s mansion Wednesday afternoon.
DeSantis said it was not only Bowden’s wins on the field that led him to be honored but his attitude off the field including his morale character, his faith in God and his patriotism. “In 1976, football in the state of Florida changed forever when Coach Bowden showed up in Tallahassee and I think that first year was the only time he ever had a losing season, his whole time here.
And what he was able to accomplish to put this university on the map as such a great football program, it obviously meant a lot for the school, it meant a lot for