Tom Allen is Clemson’s defensive coordinator because he runs a unit that fits what Dabo Swinney was looking for. Swinney was asked what schematically led him to Allen in the hiring process during their introductory press conference.

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

Dabo Swinney did a lot of due diligence to eventually hire Tom Allen as his new defensive coordinator. Allen, the former Indiana head coach, spent one year at Penn State before coming to Clemson. It’ll surely give a boost to the Tigers’ defense unit after Allen’s stellar job with the Nittany Lions this season.

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 during his search for a defensive coordinator,

Clemson officially introduced Tom Allen as the new defensive coordinator after he left Penn State for the same role with Dabo Swinney's program. In what some have call

CLEMSON — Tom Allen realizes his decision to leave Penn State for Clemson ... Still, he departed Penn State to join Dabo Swinney's team as its new defensive coordinator. "I know not everyone is going to understand it, and I respect that," Allen said.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney wasted no time, as he held an introductory press conference for new defensive coordinator Tom Allen on Wednesday. Allen made it clear how important

Dabo Swinney knows how good he is as a coach and how Clemson is as a program. Despite some outside noise in recent years, he made that clear this week. Clemson hired Tom Allen as the new defensive coordinator following Allen’s single season at Penn State.

Tom Allen understands some of the questions surrounding his decision to leave Penn State after one highly-successful season to take a seemingly lateral move as Clemson‘s new defensive coordinator. Still,

On Wednesday afternoon, Dabo Swinney and Clemson introduced Tom Allen as the Tigers' new defensive coordinator. Swinney and Allen met with reporters for nearly an hour. Before addressing the ...

After a semifinal elimination during the College Football Playoffs, former Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen decided to sign with the Clemson Tigers ahead of the 2025 campaign.

The season for the Clemson Tigers in the NCAAF may not have met expectations, but Cade Klubnik wants to reaffirm with results the reasons why he joined the program.