Nick Bowman was announced as an assistant coach on head coach Austin Claunch's inaugural UTSA staff in April 2024, joining the Roadrunners after one season as the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator at the University of New Orleans.
Bowman spent five seasons on Claunch’s staff at Nicholls, serving as an assistant for two seasons before his promotion to associate head basketball coach for the final three years. During his tenure at Nicholls, Bowman helped Claunch lead the Colonels to 90 wins and two Southland Conference regular season championships. He was instrumental in recruiting and coaching 11 all-conference student-athletes that helped propel the Colonels to a school record for most regular single-season wins and most regular-season victories over a five-year period. The Colonels also advanced to the 2022 NIT postseason tournament.
“It is an honor to have the opportunity to rejoin coach Austin Claunch at UTSA,” Bowman said at the time of his hire. “It is an exciting time to be a part of UTSA Athletics. I will strive to help Coach Claunch elevate this basketball program back to a championship level.”
Before Nicholls, Bowman spent three years at Clemson as the men's basketball director of recruiting. During his tenure, the Tigers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2018 NCAA Tournament and to the NIT postseason Tournament in 2017. Bowman served as the lead offensive game planner for the Tigers in 2017-18, a squad that tied the school wins record with 25 victories. While with the Tigers, Bowman coached first team All-ACC players Jaron Blossomgame, Marcquise Reed and Gabe DeVoe. He recruited and signed Clemson’s first men’s basketball recruiting class to feature multiple four-star in 2017.
Prior to his stint in the ACC, Bowman was director of basketball operations at his alma mater, Eastern Kentucky, helping lead the EKU Colonels to an Ohio Valley Conference Eastern Division championship with a 21-12 final record. He also was a graduate assistant at EKU in 2012-13 before moving into a Director of Basketball Operations Assistant role at Tennessee in 2013-14. In his lone season with the Volunteers, they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. He began his coaching career at NAIA program University of Pikeville in Kentucky.