All-America Performers Under Bowes
| Glenn Cunningham, LB - First Team (Freshman All-America) |
All-Patriot League Performers Under Bowes
| Dylan Mabin, DB - First Team |
| Glenn Cunningham, LB - Second Team |
| Antonio Jackson, DB - Second Team |
John Bowes, a member of the Bucknell University coaching staff from 2013-2016, joined the Fordham staff in 2017 as the defensive coordinator/safeties coach.
In 2017, the Fordham defense ranked third in the Patriot League in turnover margin (0.18) and had three players earn All-Patriot League honors, including freshman linebacker Glenn Cunningham, who received Freshman All-America accolades.
Bowes spent his previous three years at Bucknell as the secondary coach/special teams coordinator. In 2016, Bowes coached a pair of first team All-Patriot League defensive backs in Bret Burg and Bryan Marine, two of five All-League selections for Bowes in his time in Lewisburg.
Bowes started his coaching career with the Bison as the linebackers coach/special teams coordinator in 2013, helping Bucknell to an 8-3 overall record, 4-2 in the Patriot League, its best season in nearly two decades.
Prior to Bucknell, Bowes spent five years as an assistant coach at William & Mary from 2008-2013 where he coached the Tribe linebackers and special teams in his first year on staff before being named the special teams coordinator and safeties coach prior to 2014 spring practice. He started his tenure at William & Mary as a defensive assistant and special teams coordinator. He served in that role from 2008 to 2010 before being promoted to defensive backs coach and assistant special teams coordinator, a role he held for two seasons. Bowes helped the 2009 squad advance to the NCAA FCS Championship semifinals, where the Tribe fell to eventual national champions, Villanova, while the 2010 squad won the CAA title and earned a second straight appearance in the NCAA FCS Championships.
A 2006 graduate of The Catholic University of America with a degree in finance where he was a three-year starter at cornerback and safety, Bowes got his start in coaching at his alma mater in 2006. He then spent a year as a graduate assistant at Clarion University.
