obesity. In 2004, he started the "GET FIT with Bruce and Buddy" program for children's healthy nutrition and daily sports activities. He runs the Bruce Bowen Foundation, an organization set up to provide scholarships and bursaries. In 2006, he received a college degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton; he had also taken classes at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has stated that he wants to become a teacher. In 2011, Bowen was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame. Bowen worked for ESPN as an NBA analyst after he retired. Bowen spent the 2017–18 season as a color analyst for Fox Sports West television broadcasts of the Los Angeles Clippers' games. He was relieved of his duties after making comments critical of Kawhi Leonard, a free agent and trade target of the Clippers. In April 2019, Bowen was hired as boys' basketball coach at Cornerstone Christian School in San Antonio. Personal life Bowen regards Robert and Sandra Thrash, a Los Angeles couple that he met in church during his college years, as his adoptive parents. In 2004, Bowen married Yardley Barbon, a Miami native of Cuban descent, and the couple had two sons. The two divorced in 2012. In 2006, he received a college degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton; he had also taken classes at the University of Texas at San Antonio. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 61 || 9 || 21.4 || .409 || .339 || .623 || 2.9 || 1.3 || 1.4 || .5 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Boston | 30 || 1 || 16.5 || .280 || .269 || .458 || 1.7 || .9 || .7 || .3 || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Philadelphia | 42 || 0 || 7.4 || .356 || .500 || .500 || .9 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 1.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 27 || 2 || 21.0 || .380 || .464 || .613 || 2.2 || .7 || .5 || .4 || 5.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 82 || 72 || 32.7 || .363 || .336 || .609 || 3.0 || 1.6 || 1.0 || .6 || 7.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|