Todd Bates is approaching the one-year anniversary of his hire as the defensive line coach at Clemson, and it’s been quite a year. Bates has overseen one of the best defensive lines in all of college football, helped Clemson win a third straight ACC Atlantic Division title, won an ACC Championship and made a trip to the Sugar Bowl and College Football Playoff.
That’s quite a year.
“It's been a blessing. It's been fun. It's been fast,” Bates told TigerNet recently. “It's been very rewarding. It's good to see these young men's hard work pay off and they're going to reap the benefits of their hard work.