Bowman perhaps most accomplished coach ever hired at ASU

(Photo: Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports Images)Bob Bowman is the most accomplished coach ever hired by Arizona State in any sport.

I started to believe this Friday after a conversation with USA Swimming communications director Scott Leightman, who was with the Phoenix Suns from 1998-2003, and I'm more convinced after spending some time reviewing ASU's coaching history.

Frank Kush, widely regarded as ASU's greatest coach, was a three-year football assistant at ASU when he replaced Dan Devine to start a 22-year head coaching run that took him to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Bowman comes to ASU five years after his induction into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He has…