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Swinney’s goddaughter leaves Notre Dame to live her dream as a Tiger

Can you imagine Dabo Swinney wearing a Notre Dame T-shirt? Well, it happened.

It happened in the spring of 2018 when the Irish’s softball team played in the ACC Tournament at Georgia Tech’s Clements Mewborn Field in Atlanta. Clemson’s head football coach even spoke to the Notre Dame team before they beat Boston College in the tournament’s quarterfinal round.

Why was Swinney wearing Notre Dame gear and speaking to the Irish’s softball team? It is a simple explanation. He was watching his goddaughter, Mary Kathryn “MK” Bonamy, play.

“That is the only time I got to see her play in college, other than when we saw her on TV and all of that stuff,” Swinney said to The Clemson Insider.