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Humble Beginnings: From no sleep to Coach of the Year

CLEMSON – The early signs pointed to success, and Dabo Swinney just had to stay the course.

Clemson’s head coach was named the Home Depot Coach of the Year Wednesday, a fitting honor for a man who has taken Clemson’s program to a national number one ranking and a spot in the College Football Playoffs. It’s also a sign that Swinney made the right decisions in the early days of his head coaching career.

Swinney is now a national media darling, a man known or his colorful phrases like “Bring Your Own Guts” and for promising pizza poll parties.