Chad Bowden began his early career living on a pull-out couch in a cramped Hollywood studio while uncertain about his future. His father, former baseball general manager Jim Bowden, discouraged playing college football and encouraged him to enter the workforce for maturity reasons. Bowden shared the tiny apartment with high school friend Jac Collinsworth, and their daily routines included pre-dawn workouts, simple breakfasts of egg whites and competitive drives to be first in the office. Bowden later became USC football general manager, infused the program with new energy and assembled the nation's top recruiting class, earning high-profile recognition.
Bowden couldn't have dreamed up the role he'd one day occupy a few miles down the street at USC, where as the Trojans football general manager, Bowden has infused the program with new energy while putting together the top recruiting class in America. So how did Bowden rise from that couch to being held up as one of the most consequential arrivals at USC since Pete Carroll himself? Bowden thought that he might play college football.
He split the place with Jac Collinsworth, his close high school friend, the two of them packed like sardines into a single room that doubled as the kitchen and dining space. Neither seemed to mind the close quarters. Everything became a competition, with each of them pushing the other. "Both of us were highly motivated guys," says Collinsworth, whose father is the famed commentator, Cris Collinsworth.
So every morning, they would wake before sunrise to race each other to L.A. Fitness. After, they'd race back up the hill to devour the usual breakfast of egg whites - sometimes mashing in bananas for sweetness. Some days, they'd throw in a motivational video on YouTube to get the blood pumping again, before racing off to try to be the first in the office.
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