A former Clemson and Alabama assistant coach, Bill Oliver, has passed away at the age of 85, according to multiple reports Monday. Oliver coached at Clemson from 1986–89. He was Clemson’s defensive coordinator in 1989 and served as defensive backs coach the other years. Oliver was part of Clemson’s three straight ACC Championship teams from […]
K.J. Henry is beginning his fifth year as a member of Clemson’s football program. During that time, he has received two degrees from the school. So when the Tigers’ 2021 season ended, it may have seemed like the perfect time for Clemson’s veteran defensive end to take his shot at the NFL. Yet, to hear […]
Nearly two decades after leaving Clemson, Nick Eason is returning to what he considers family. After his addition to the Tigers’ staff as defensive tackles coach and run-game coordinator became official Friday, Eason released his first public comments on his return through the athletic department. Eason played for Clemson from 1999-2002, earning all-ACC honors as […]
Dabo Swinney didn’t know who Wesley Goodwin was back in 2009, but that quickly changed. After filling in as Clemson’s football coach following Tommy Bowden’s midseason firing the year before, Swinney had the interim tag removed heading into the 2009 season. One of his first hires was Woody McCorvey, a 30-year coaching veteran and Swinney’s […]
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 […]
When Dabo Swinney won the Bear Bryant Award last month as the best coach in college football, he went a little off script. He caught everyone in the audience a little off guard when he called his longtime friend and mentor up on the stage. Well, he caught almost everyone by surprise. “Really, nothing he […]
After walking on at Alabama in 1988, Dabo Swinney worked his way up the ladder to earn playing time. By the end of the 1989 season, his position coach at the time, a guy by the name of Tommy Bowden, had already told Swinney he was going to play the following season in some capacity. […]
Woody McCorvey, an assistant coach at the time, was in shock when he and the rest of the Clemson football team walked into the locker room and saw the famed orange pants sitting in each of the players’ lockers. The Tigers had just returned from pregame warm ups as they prepared to play South Carolina […]
Woody McCorvey was in shock when he and the rest of the Clemson football team walked into the locker room and saw the orange pants sitting in each of the players’ lockers. The Tigers had just returned from pregame warm ups as they prepared to play South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia that night […]