Trajectory of ASU enticing for Bowen

JONESBORO -- Early during a process that ended with Tom Bowen as the athletic director at Arkansas State University, the 59-year-old received a call about the job from his predecessor, Terry Mohajir, whom Bowen called a close friend and colleague.

"[Mohajir] said, 'You've got to look at this. You'll love it there,' " Bowen said. "... I have been on this campus many times and seen the amazing and unbelievable trajectory change that's taken place at Arkansas State University under Terry Mohajir. I'm honored to follow him ... ."

Bowen was introduced as the 12th ASU athletic director inside the Centennial Bank Athletics Operations Center on Thursday. He received a five-year deal that will pay him…