GREENVILLE, S.C. — Ever since he has been the head coach at Clemson, Dabo Swinney has had to defend the university he works for.
Though in the past Swinney has fought for his program with the media and has defended it to the fans, his main fight has always come from the Ol’ Ball Coach 130 miles down the road in Columbia, South Carolina. For years, former South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier took potshots at the Clemson program, and for years Swinney always fired back in defense.
“I never really enjoyed all of that,” Swinney said prior to Tuesday’s night South Carolina Coaches for Character event at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Greenville, South Carolina.