Well before Santee native Alex Bowen played on USA’s national team and professionally overseas, the Californian had a coach who pushed and believed in him — his dad.
Rod Bowen has been the head coach at Santana High School for more than a quarter-century, and as he approaches 500 career wins, he is enjoying the fruit of his labor when it comes to his all-time best player in the water.
He recalled his introduction to the sport was when he was basically a spectator at his dad’s practices. Rod said Alex never let talent outshine effort and he made it a mission to work harder than everyone around him.Listen/Subscribe to NBC 7’swherever you enjoy listening to podcasts. On each episode, NBC 7 News Today anchor Steven Luke will sit down with athletes in their prime, each with their sights set on one thing: representing Team USA in Tokyo this summer.
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