Before October 13, 2008, Dabo Swinney had never been around the triple option. Growing up in Alabama, Swinney was raised on the I-formation offense, which had option principals, but not in the sense that Saturday’s opponent, Georgia Tech, will use at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.
“I grew up in the I-formation. That is what I played in and that is what I started my coaching career in,” said Clemson’s head coach. “I could coach it today, it is ingrained in me.”
October 13, 2008 is the day Swinney was named the interim coach after Tommy Bowden stepped down as head coach.