Shortstop is coming home.
Bill Spiers will forever live in Clemson lore, a standout baseball player for the Tigers and legendary coach Bill Wilhelm who wound up punting on the football team under iconic head coach Danny Ford. In just a few months, he will work for another Clemson head coach who is working on legend status.
Spiers is coming home because the coach he will be working for – Dabo Swinney – wants to make sure that all former Clemson players have a chance to graduate.
The beginning
As a quarterback and punter at the then-Wade Hampton Academy, Bill Spiers helped the Rebels win back-to-back SCISAA football championships in 1982-83.