CLEMSON – Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney wants his players and coaches to always look forward – out of the windshield – not to the past through the rearview mirror.
Tony Elliott has bought into that mentality, always focusing on what lies ahead, but an ESPN documentary forced Clemson’s offensive coordinator to take a look back at his past and deal with suppressed thoughts and emotions.
This past week, Elliott spent time with ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski recounting his mother’s death on Sycamore St. in California and his childhood as he fought to help raise his sister.