For the first 33 years of his life, Dabo Swinney only knew what football life was like in Alabama. He grew up in Pelham, Alabama, a small town just south of Birmingham.
Growing up an Alabama fan, Swinney was all about the Iron Bowl, the annual battle between the Crimson Tide and Auburn. It is one of the more intense rivalries in all of college football and in most cases the SEC Championship was on the line when they met.
With no professional teams in Alabama to pull for, a person grows up either a Bama fan or an Auburn Tiger.