It was about this time five years ago when Dabo Swinney walked up the tower that stands in the middle of the Clemson practice fields and joined longtime friend and colleague Hugh Yaughn.
Yaughn, a long-time former high school football coach who now serves as an equipment manager on Clemson’s football team, runs the time of each period during individual workouts for Swinney’s youth and high school football camps. From time to time, Swinney makes his way up the tour to speak with Yaughn and to get a different perspective on how camp is going.
On this particular day, Swinney told Yaughn about his vision to one day bring the entire Clemson football program together in one central area.