- Jack Rowell
Jack Rowell OBE (born
1937 ) is the Director ofRugby union at Bath.Between
1978 and1994 Rowell coached Bath during their "golden era", winning eight John Player/Pilkington Cups and five League Championships.Between
1995 and1997 , Rowell was the coach of the England Rugby Team. He took over fromGeoff Cooke , announcing that England would give up the forward-dominated, risk-free strategies that had won so many Six Nations titles in the past, instead adopting a 'running rugby' style. Rowell's England won twenty-one of their twenty-nine matches, including the 1995 World Cup quarter-final against Australia. In percentage terms of games won Rowell is England's most successful rugby union coach.In
1998 he became anon-executive director on the board of Bristol, when millionaire businessmanMalcolm Pearce saved the club from extinction. In September2000 he became Managing Director.In
2002 he returned to Bath as Director of Rugby.External links
* [http://www.bathrugby.com/asp/players/playerProfile.asp?iID=97 Bath Rugby profile]
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