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 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.

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,

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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

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. "It’s about my family ...

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.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney introduced Tom Allen as the new defensive coordinator on Wednesday afternoon. Allen said that Clemson's culture and having his f