A former Clemson assistant is reportedly hanging up his whistle after a lengthy coaching career. Kevin Steele is set to retire from coaching, according to ESPN’s Chris Low. A 2017 Broyles Award finalist, the 65-year-old Steele is concluding a coaching career spanning four decades. Steele was back at Alabama this season for his third stint […]
A former Clemson assistant coach is reportedly headed back to the SEC. Kevin Steele has accepted the defensive coordinator job at Alabama, according to ESPN’s Chris Low. After serving a brief stint as Tennessee’s interim head coach in 2021, Steele was most recently the defensive coordinator at Miami last season. Steele, of course, served as […]
Miami’s defense might be under the direction of a first-year coordinator, but Dabo Swinney still has a good idea of what Clemson’s offense is going to get from that unit today. It has little to do with what the Hurricanes have been putting on film all season. When Mario Cristobal was hired as Miami’s coach […]
It’s official: A former Clemson coordinator is headed back to the ACC. On Wednesday, Miami officially announced the hiring of Kevin Steele as its new defensive coordinator. Steele and new Miami head coach Mario Cristobal spent two years together on Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama (2013-14). “A Miami Hurricanes defense should always be defined by […]
A former Clemson assistant coach is reportedly headed back to the ACC. Miami is hiring Kevin Steele as its next defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. It previously looked as if Steele would become the new defensive coordinator at Maryland, but he now appears set to join new Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal’s staff. Steele […]
If there is someone on Auburn’s sideline that knows what the atmosphere at Clemson Memorial Stadium is like, it’s defensive coordinator Kevin Steele. Steele walked the sidelines at Clemson from 2009-’11 as Dabo Swinney’s defensive coordinator. He was at Clemson in the beginning when Swinney quietly started building his program into a national powerhouse. He […]
Clemson’s coaching staff is familiar with Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, who held the same position at Clemson from 2009-11. But Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said too much stock is put into the perception that the familiarity with Steele gives Clemson a big edge when it comes to game planning and preparing for Auburn’s […]
Other than saying it was just a change in philosophy, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney gave no real indication during his weekly teleconference on Sunday why he parted ways with Kevin Steele as his defensive coordinator following the 2011 season. Of course rumors circulated following Steele’s departure that it had to with his health and […]
What do we really know about Auburn’s defense? There is some familiarity and some of it not so much. We know former Clemson and LSU defensive coordinator Kevin Steele is Auburn’s third defensive coordinator in as many years and is the fourth in the last five years. We know Auburn was plagued with several injuries […]
Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele spoke with the media following Auburn’s practice Tuesday night. In this edition of What They Are Saying we look at some of the news from coach Steele’s interview that can be found on Twitter. Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele says opening opponent Clemson is 'very similar to what our offense does,' […]