When Danny Ford coached at Clemson in the late 1970s and all throughout the 1980s, the Hall of Fame head coach was never in a situation concerning his entire football team like Dabo Swinney and the athletic department is in right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has already forced Power 5 Conferences the Big Ten and […]
Never before has the Clemson Family stepped up as it did on Monday. Former Tiger greats in football and basketball, and from as far away as California, came together at the Walker Course in Clemson to help out a former student-athlete in his greatest time of need. Sharone Wright, who played basketball at Clemson from […]
The Clemson Insider caught up with former Clemson head coach Danny Ford at the Sharone Wright Benefit Golf Tournament Monday at the Walker Course in Clemson. Ford shared his thoughts on the landscape of college football and more. A great gift for any Tiger fan. Just one of many great items available from Clemson Variety […]
Hall of Fame head coach Danny Ford, who led Clemson to national prominence in the 1980s, says football is taking a great gamble on its future if high school, college and the NFL take the field this fall with there still being no cure for the coronavirus. Ford acknowledged to Fox Carolina News on Friday […]
If there is anyone who understands what the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry means to the people of South Carolina, it is former Clemson football coach Danny Ford. Ford was involved in the state’s biggest game for 13 seasons from 1977-’89. He spent 11 of those as Clemson’s head coach, going 7-3-1 against the Gamecocks. Ford knows […]
Woody McCorvey was in shock when he and the rest of the Clemson football team walked into the locker room and saw the famous orange pants sitting in each of the players’ lockers. The 15th-ranked Tigers had just returned from pregame warmups as they prepared to play South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia on […]
After beating Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla., in Week 2 of the 1989 season, Danny Ford told the media he hoped his Clemson team did not get overconfident. There was no sign of being overconfident in the two weeks following their win over the Seminoles. The Tigers hammered Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., and returned […]
Though a special teams gaffe cost them a game at NC State a few weeks before, No. 16 Clemson found itself in a familiar position when it traveled to College Park, Md., on November 12, 1988. The Tigers were once again in line for an ACC Championship. To complete their third conference championship in three […]
Like it had been for a better part of the 1980s, the Clemson-North Carolina game in 1987 had a little bit of everything. Clemson entered the game 7-1 and ranked No. 10 in the country. Under Danny Ford, the Tigers had become the dominant team in the ACC. Despite a shocking home loss to NC […]
Danny Ford described Clemson’s tie to South Carolina to close the 1986 regular season as an empty feeling. Though the Tigers’ won their first outright ACC Championship since 1982, they closed the year with back-to-back ties to end the regular season. David Treadwell kicked a field goal in the final minutes against Maryland and South […]