Dabo Swinney's Tigers got beat in the first round by Texas, 38-24, so there was a little bit of a bad taste left in the mouth of Clemson fans at the end of this 2024 season.

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.

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Clemson has hired Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen for the same role with the Tigers. The move was finalized Tuesday by the school’s Board of Trustees Compensation Committee.

This story was updated to add new information. CLEMSON — Tom Allen is Clemson football's new defensive coordinator. Allen, 54, whose three-year contract was approved by the Clemson Board of Trustees on Tuesday,

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.

Tom Allen served as Penn State's defensive coordinator for one year. He will reportedly be the fourth defensive coordinator hired under Dabo Swinney.

Tom Allen became Dabo Swinney's fourth defensive coordinator hire. Allen explained Wednesday why he left Penn State after one season.

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

It seems that Dabo Swinney has found his man. The Clemson Insider has information where all signs point to Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen to become the next defensive

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