AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — When Dabo Swinney became Clemson’s full-time head coach in 2009, he had only one person working as the program’s support staff. That was former Clemson women’s tennis coach Andy Johnston, who held the same job for Tommy Bowden.
“We have grown a support staff,” Swinney said from the ACC Spring Meetings at the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Fla. “We have been able to promote from within when we have had opportunities. We have been able to create career paths for coaches, administrators, create positions for former players to come back.
“For me, it has been very good for college football.