Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney met with the media on Monday as the Tigers returned to the practice fields behind the new Allen Reeves Football Complex in Clemson. Swinney reported all the players returned from spring break on Sunday night and all were back in time for the team meeting. The Tigers’ coach said Monday’s […]
Each week The Clemson Insider brings you the latest Inside information on the Clemson Tigers in The Insider Report. What is the latest on a new contract for Dabo Swinney? How did the basketball program do financially this year? How is coach Swinney helping the soccer program? Get these answers and much more in this […]
At one point last year, Ray-Ray McCloud was leading the country in punt returns. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes his junior wide receiver can do that again if he just stays focused and trust his instincts a little more than he did in the later part of the 2016 season. Staring with the Boston […]
When Dabo Swinney took over at Clemson in 2009, he wanted to build the football program into a consistent winner. One that could compete with the big boys in college football day in and day out, programs like Florida State, LSU, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Alabama. Mission accomplished. Eight years after becoming Clemson’s […]
Dabo Swinney has a theory on why certain players are shining this spring. “It’s addition by subtraction,” the Clemson coach said. In other words, guys like quarterback Kelly Bryant, tight end Milan Richard and running backs C.J. Fuller and Adam Choice are showing out more in spring practice because they are now “the man” if […]
Dabo Swinney chuckled when he was asked was it strange he has not heard “drop off” from the media so far this spring. “Oh, ya’ll will ask me that at some point,” Clemson’s head coach said while grinning. “That is coming. That is coming later.” Swinney believes part of the reason why the media has […]
There was a time when guys like James Skalski, Shaq Smith, Chad Smith and J.D. and Judah Davis were just happy to be part of the Clemson team and be on the bus. These days, with spring practice halfway through, they are trying to insert themselves more than just as a contributor. Dabo Swinney says […]
When seven starters return from a defense that ranked eighth nationally in total defense and 10th in scoring defense, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney takes all of that into consideration when he evaluates his young offense this spring. In last week’s scrimmage, the Tigers’ veteran defense got after the offense, which Swinney expected. When Deshaun […]
When it was all said and done on Thursday, Clemson had 81 scouts, coaches, general managers and player personnel from all 32 NFL teams at Pro Day on Thursday. Of the coaches four were head coaches, including Super Bowl winning coach Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Chicago Bears coach John Fox was on hand […]
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney liked the job his former players did in Clemson’s Pro Day on Thursday, and now he is glad they can get back to being football players again. In all, 14 former Tigers worked out in front of 100 or so NFL scouts, general managers and coaches on Thursday at the […]