Ira Bowman (born June 11, 1973) is a retired American professional

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player formerly in the

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(NBA). He is currently an assistant men's basketball coach for

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. He attended

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and the

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but was not selected in an NBA Draft. He played for the

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and the Atlanta Hawks from 1999 to 2001. He played for the Connecticut Pride of the

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(CBA) from 1996 to 2001 and earned nominations to the CBA All-Defensive Team in 1999 and 2000. He played for the

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of the CBA in 2002. He also played 13 games in the NBL for the

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in 1996. Bowman played high school basketball at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey, where he led the team to a 31–1 record as a senior and became the school's all-time career points leader. He was also the

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Player of the Year (1995–1996) when he was playing for the

Coaching career

Bowman, who was born in

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, worked with Newark-based

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as an assistant basketball coach from 2008 to 2012 assisting head-coach

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in rebuilding the

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record-setting (Division I transitional period)

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men's basketball team.http://www.njithighlanders.com/news/2008/6/10/061008aab_232.aspx?path=mbball ''NJIT Highlanders : NJIT Names Three Assistant Men's Basketball Coaches'' Bowman was hired by the University of Pennsylvania in June 2012 as an assistant coach at his alma mater. In 2018,

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basketball coach

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hired Bowman as an assistant coach.

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