Dabo Swinney likes to remind his teams that anything they have done once they have done it again.
In his first full season at Clemson, he guided the Tigers to their first appearance in the ACC Championship Game. Though they lost a heartbreaker to Georgia Tech that night in Tampa, Fla., Swinney promised they would do it again soon, and this time they would finish the job.
He stayed true to his promise. Clemson got back to the ACC title game two years later in 2011 and beat Virginia Tech to win the program its first ACC Championship in 20 years.