Craig Bowen was named head coach for the Chicago State University men’s golf team on November 1, 2016 after coaching at a pair of NCAA Division II HBCU schools in the South.

He arrives in the Windy City after serving as the Assistant Head Coach and Development Officer at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, N.C., during the 2015-16 season. He was in charge of player management and development at ECSU while developing and managing all fundraising initiatives for the ECSU Athletic Department in addition to helping the Vikings finish first in the 2016 ECSU Invitational.

Prior to ECSU, Bowen was the head coach for the men’s and women’s teams at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., from 2011-14. He helped the Benedict men’s team capture several tournament victories and placed second in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship meet.

Bowen, a native of Homewood, Ill., is a 30-year veteran of the golf industry that includes working as a promotions manager for Titlelist and Footjoy. He also served as Associate Producer for the documentary “Uneven Fairways”, the story of African-American golfers, produced by Moxie Pictures and featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Tiger Woods. Bowen also worked as chief researcher for the book “Uneven Lies”, a book on African-American golf history written by Pete McDaniel.

He also served as Executive Director of the National Minority College Golf Scholarship Fund, as well as an instructor at the PGA Tour Academy located in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Bowen is also a recognized contributor to the continued growth of African-American golf in the World Golf Hall of fame.

Bowen is a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., where he was a member of the two-time Southwestern Athletic Conference championship golf team.