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1978-81: Assistant director of recreational services, Iowa
1981-83: Assistant athletic director for facilities, Northern Iowa
1984-1991: Athletic director, Northern Iowa
1991-2006: Director of athletics, Iowa
2002-03: President, NCAA Division I-A Athletics Directors’ Association
2003-05: Chair, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee
2001-02: Named National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics’ Central Region Athletic Director of the Year and Sports Business Journal’s National Athletic Director of the Year
2002: Appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the Commission on Opportunities in Athletics to review the first 30 years of Title IX
2006: $90 million renovation of Kinnick Stadium, orchestrated by Bowlsby, wraps up (his first paying job was selling concessions at the stadium)
2006-12: Athletic director, Stanford
2007-14: United States Olympic Committee board of directors
2012-2022: Commissioner, Big 12 Conference
2014-15: The College Football Playoff system begins, with Bowlsby playing a key role in its formation
2015: Appointed to the inaugural NCAA Division I Council
2017: Reinstates the Big 12 Football Championship Game
2019
■ Finalizes one of the most lucrative television deals in college athletics, an expansion of the existing ESPN rights agreement that will see ABC or ESPN carry every football championship game through 2024 and launch a Big 12-branded network on ESPN+; when added to the existing media rights deal, the conference will average $22 million per year
■ Appointed to the NCAA’s Presidential Task Force on Federal and State Legislative Issues to address legislation related to name, image and likeness
2021: Announces that BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston will join the conference in 2023, replacing Texas and Oklahoma, who will depart in 2024
2022: The Big 12 announces the creation of the Bob Bowlsby Award, an annual honor presented by the conference’s athletic directors to one men’s and one women’s athlete who shows “on- and off-field leadership and excellence”
2023
■ Appointed to the board of advisers of Teall Sports & Entertainment, a holding company for sports and entertainment brands
■ Inducted into the NACDA Hall of Fame
■ Presented with the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s Outstanding American Award
