CLEMSON – Head coach Dabo Swinney was back at practice Wednesday with the voice of his father ringing in his thoughts and memories.
Swinney missed practice the last three days as he attended the funeral of his father, Ervil Swinney, who passed away last week. The Tigers scrimmaged inside Death Valley Wednesday morning, and Swinney was in the middle of it all, but his dad was never far away from his thoughts.
“I am so thankful for the time I had with my dad,” Swinney said after the scrimmage. “He had moved up here with us and had been here since May and spent a lot of quality time with us.