A longtime believer in “blooming where you’re planted,” Swinney has now made five straight outside hires for assistant ...

Tom Allen is Clemson’s defensive coordinator because he runs a unit that fits what Dabo Swinney was looking for. Swinney was ...

Dabo Swinney hired Tom Allen as the new Clemson defensive coordinator earlier this month, pulling him away from Penn State after only one season with the Nittany Lions. Swinney kept a tight circle ...