Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott has been the subject of much criticism amid the Tigers’ struggles on that side of the ball to this point in the season.
Dabo Swinney clearly has Elliott’s back, however, and Clemson’s head coach came to the defense of Elliott on Sunday evening in response to the criticism of his O-coordinator.
“I can tell you this, there’s nobody that I believe in more, trust or respect than Tony Elliott,” Swinney said during a Zoom conference call. “This guy didn’t just forget football, that’s for sure. Just like where we had some bad moments on defense with a little bit of youth and things like that over the last couple years, I said the same thing about (defensive coordinator) Brent (Venables).