Tom Allen thinks he has elite pieces at all three levels of his new Clemson defense, and the next step is matching the system to the players on hand.
Allen joins the Tigers with more than three decades of coaching experience. Most recently, he served as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach at Penn State in 2024, a season in which he helped lead the Nittany Lions to a school-record 13 wins and a College Football Playoff berth.
Penn State finished seventh in the nation in total defense (294.8 yards per game) and eighth in the nation in scoring defense (16.