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GAME 10 • PITTSBURGH • HALL OF FAME DAY // SENIOR DAY • NOV. 12, 2016 • 3:30 P.M. • MEMORIAL STADIUM • CLEMSON, S.C.

WHAT’S INSIDE 2 TODAY’S GAME 4 STATISTICAL MATCHUP 6 WAYNE GALLMAN - TIGER SPOTLIGHT

News and notes from today’s game between Clemson and Pittsburgh.

Team stats, individual stats and schedules for Clemson and Pittsburgh.

The junior returned with a goal to be the greatest running back in Tiger history.

10 ARTAVIS SCOTT - TIGER SPOTLIGHT 13 ADRIEN DUNN - SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

The junior wide receiver is finishing with no regrets.

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The former walk-on has lived his dream of playing for the Tigers.

15 Q&A WITH MARCUS EDMOND 121 TIGER BAND 123 JEFFREY GREEN - MEN’S TRACK & FIELD SPOTLIGHT Get to know the junior cornerback and some of his favorites.

Read what “The Band That Shakes The Southland” has in store today.

The program’s stock is rising with Green leading the 2016-17 squad.

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125 DEJA PARRISH - WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD SPOTLIGHT 128 2016 CLEMSON HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

The standout sprinter is aiming to make nationals as a junior in 2016-17.

The 11 members of the hall of fame class will be inducted this weekend.

133 DANNY POOLE - BEHIND THE SCENES 136 THE LAST WORD - THE RETURN OF BILL SPIERS

Tiger football’s director of sports medicine is in his 33rd year with the program.

The former Tiger baseball star is back as a football student assistant coach.

128 CREDITS CO-EDITORS

Tim Bourret, Brian Hennessy

LAYOUT & DESIGN Brian Hennessy

COVER DESIGN Jeff Kallin

COVER PHOTOS

Carl Ackerman, Mark McInnis, David Platt

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Tim Bourret, Carl Danoff, Elaine Day, Rachel Eagleton, Claire Fischer, Colby Lanham, Cole Little, Philip Sikes, Dr. Mark Spede.

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COACHES & PLAYERS Dabo Swinney, Head Coach Clemson Assistant Coaches Clemson Football Support Staff Clemson Football Staff Families Meet the Tigers Clemson Alphabetical Roster Pittsburgh Alphabetical Roster & Profile Numerical Rosters & Starting Lineups

MISCELLANEOUS 22 28 33 36 49 55 57 61

TIGER TRADITIONS First-Team All-Americans 65 First-Round Draft Picks 67 Super Bowl Champions 69 Pro Bowl Players 71 Memorial Stadium (“Death Valley”) 74 Running Down The Hill & Howard’s Rock 80 Football Facilities 84 Alma Mater 121

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TODAY'S GAME PITTSBURGH VS. CLEMSON

BY TIM BOURRET FIRST TRIP TO CLEMSON Pittsburgh is making its first trip to Clemson. These Panthers from Pennsylvania are actually the secondstraight school named “Panthers” making a first-time appearance here. The last team to come to Clemson for the first time was the Georgia State Panthers in 2014. That year, three schools (Louisville, Syracuse) played at Clemson for the first time. Pittsburgh is the 57th different team to play at Memorial Stadium, and the Tigers are 42-13-1 (.759) against those teams when the visitor is making its first appearance. It has been especially difficult to beat Clemson in the first meeting since 1978. In the last 39 years, Clemson is 26-2 (.929) against teams making their first appearance in Memorial Stadium. The only teams to win their first game at Memorial Stadium over the last 39 years are Marshall (13-10, 1999) and Miami (Fla.) (36-30, 2005).

TIGERS VS. PANTHERS, PART I This is just the second meeting between Clemson and Pittsburgh. The Panthers won the only previous contest in the 1977 Gator Bowl by a score of 34-3. Clemson was ranked No. 11 in the nation and Pittsburgh was No. 10. Clemson was making its first appearance in a bowl game since 1959, while Pittsburgh

THE TIGERS ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND ACC ATLANTIC DIVISION TROPHY IN AS MANY YEARS TODAY.

had an 8-2-1 record entering the game and was the defending national champion. Pittsburgh quarterback Matt Cavanaugh was injured in the first game of 1977 when Notre Dame defensive end Willie Fry sacked him in the first half. Cavanaugh was limited for much of the year, but he was healthy for the Tigers in that bowl game, completing 23-36 passes for 387 yards. It was a record for passing yards against Clemson that stood for 18 seasons. Clemson’s only points came on a 49-yard field goal by Obed Ariri. But the bowl experience was important for Clemson, and the next year, the Tigers finished with an 11-1 record, a bowl victory over Ohio State and a No. 6 ranking in both polls, the highest in school history at that point.

ACC ATLANTIC UP FOR THE TAKING A Tiger victory today can clinch the Atlantic Division championship. Clemson will be looking for its fifth Atlantic Division title and fourth ACC title-game appearance under head coach Dabo Swinney.

10-WIN SEASON A victory today would give the Tigers a 10-0 record and assure Clemson of a sixth-straight season with double-digit victories. Clemson would become just the 11th current FBS school in history to have six consecutive seasons of 10+ wins. Heading into this season, Clemson and Alabama were the only schools in the nation with an active streak

TODAY’S HONOREES

PROFESSOR-OF-THE-GAME

Dr. Cynthia Sims teaches human resource development in the Department of Educational & Organizational Leadership Development in the College of Education. She has brought her considerable skills not only to the classroom, but also to Clemson’s own human resource department in the design and development of a new supervisor training program and a new performance management program for non-tenured staff. She also developed and presented a leadership forum called “Leadership & Change” in the division of Student Affairs. Sims co-led the effort to revise the master’s of human resource program curriculum to ensure it was consistent with current industry and distant education standards. She has also published many pieces in leadership development, presented at professional conferences and is a member of national and international professional organizations.

STAFF MEMBER-OF-THE-GAME

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Clemson won the Atlantic Division outright in 2009, 2011 and 2015. The Tigers tied Florida State for the title in 2012 with a 7-1 record. But the Seminoles won the head-to-head tiebreaker and played in the championship game. The Tigers have 15 ACC titles, tied with Florida State for most in history. Overall, Clemson has 21 conference championships (including four SIAA and two SoCon), more than any other school in the ACC. Eight times previously, Clemson has celebrated an ACC championship or an Atlantic Division title with a win at Memorial Stadium.

Christie Ackerman began her career at Clemson in undergraduate admissions, moving to the College of Education in 2013. Ackerman has helped guide

the search for the college’s dean and the establishment of the independent College of Education in the summer of 2016. Last year, she was given the Award of Excellence in Service & Outreach by her colleagues for obvious reasons. Beyond her busy roles working with dean George Petersen, the demands of accreditation and assisting other coordinators in the college, Ackerman has spearheaded the expansion of the college’s advisory board and established the college’s staff committee, holding regular meetings and retreats to share ideas and information. She readily assists other faculty members, department heads, staff members and coordinators in any way needed. Her collaboration with the administrative assistants and coordinators in leadership offices across campus is led by a constant desire for improvement and outstanding service to the university.

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ATLANTIC DIVISION STANDINGS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Team Clemson* Louisville Wake Forest Florida State Syracuse NC State Boston College

ACC Overall Home 6-0 9-0 5-0 6-1 8-1 4-0 3-2 6-3 4-1 3-3 6-3 2-2 2-3 4-5 2-2 1-4 4-5 4-2 1-5 4-5 2-3

Away Neutral 4-0 0-0 4-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-2 0-1 0-3 0-0 2-1 0-1

COASTAL DIVISION STANDINGS 1.

TANNER MUSE BECAME THE FIRST TIGER FRESHMAN WITH AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN SINCE 1989 WHEN HE BROUGHT BACK A PICK 64 YARDS AGAINST SYRACUSE LAST SATURDAY.

3. 5. 6. 7.

Team Virginia Tech* North Carolina Pittsburgh Miami (Fla.) Georgia Tech Virginia Duke

ACC Overall Home 5-1 7-2 4-0 5-1 7-2 3-1 2-3 5-4 4-1 2-3 5-4 3-2 2-4 5-4 4-2 1-4 2-7 1-4 0-5 3-6 2-3

Away Neutral 3-1 0-1 4-0 0-1 1-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-2 1-0 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0

* - controls its own destiny to win the ACC title; Note: Standings and stats are through games of November 5.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

of at least five 10-win seasons. The Crimson Tide are also primed to extend their streak, which is eight consecutive years. The record for consecutive 10-win seasons is 14, set by Florida State (1987-02). The Tigers are looking for their 12th season with 10+ wins. If the Tigers defeat Pittsburgh, Dabo Swinney would have half of those double-digit-win seasons on his head-coaching resumé.

SENIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS While today is not the final home game, Clemson seniors will be honored prior to today’s game. The group has had quite a run. Here is a list of some of their accomplishments so far: • Overall record of 44-6, and that 88.0 winning percentage is the best in school history. The 44 wins are second most behind the 46 by the 2015 seniors (468 record). • Has a 27-3 ACC regular-season record. The standard for conference wins by a senior class is 28 by the 2015 seniors (28-4 record). This group has a 28-3 record, including an ACC Championship Game victory over North Carolina in 2015. The Tiger class record for ACC wins (including championship games) is 29-4 by the 2015 seniors. A victory today can tie both records. • This senior class has been a part of a 25-1 record at Memorial Stadium the last four years. The record for wins by a senior class at home is 26, set by the 2014 and 2015 senior classes (26-2). • In terms of streaks, this group has been a part of a school-record 17-game winning streak, a school-record 21-game home winning streak, a school-record nine-game winning streak on the road and a schoolrecord 23-game regular-season winning streak. • Part of a continuing 44-game winning streak against unranked teams. This senior class has been a part of the last 35 wins. • Has nine wins over top-25 ranked teams, including five over teams ranked in the top 10 (2013 vs. No. 5 Georgia, 2015 vs. No. 6 Notre Dame, 2015 vs. No. 8 North Carolina, 2015 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma, 2016 vs. No. 3 Louisville). • Has had a final ranking in the top 15 every year, including No. 7 in the coaches poll in 2013, No. 15 in both polls in 2014 and No. 2 in both polls in 2015. The No. 2 ranking last year was the second highest in Tiger history. • Significant contributors to the 2015 team that won a school-record 14 games and played in the national championship contest.

MATCHUP OF ACC POTWs Today’s game features a first in ACC history, as both teams have a player on their roster who has already won ACC Player-of-the-Year honors. Pittsburgh running back James Conner won the award in the 2014 season, and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson won the honor in 2015. Conner is one of the great comeback stories this year. He was named ACC Player-of-the-Year in 2014, then missed the 2015 season after enduring a torn ACL and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He was declared cancer free in May. In 2014, Conner had historic numbers, rushing for 1,765 yards and 26 touchdowns. He had three games of at least 200 rushing yards, including back-to-back weeks when he had 263 against Duke and 220 against North Carolina. Conner had seven combined touchdowns in those games as well. In 2016, Conner is seventh in the ACC in rushing with 712 yards and 11 touchdowns, third most in the ACC. In his career, Conner has 3,353 rushing yards and 47 touchdowns. He is 17th among active FBS players in rushing yards. Tiger quarterback Deshaun Watson won ACC Playerof-the-Year honors in 2015 when he became the first FBS player with 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season. He has 2,497 passing yards in 2016 to go with 24 passing touchdowns and has led the Tigers to a No. 2 ranking the coaches poll. He is just 258 total offense yards away from becoming the sixth player in ACC history with 10,000. In his career, Watson’s completion percentage (66.7) is fourth highest among active FBS quarterbacks, his 9,742 total offense yards are ninth most and his 8.54 yards per passing attempt is second highest.

Louisville 52 at Boston College 7 Syracuse 0 at Clemson 54 Virginia Tech 24 at Duke 21 Florida State 24 at NC State 20 Georgia Tech 20 at North Carolina 48 Pittsburgh 28 at Miami (Fla.) 51 Virginia 20 at Wake Forest 27

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE North Carolina at Duke ESPN ^7:30 Boston College at Florida State ESPN2 º7:30 NC State at Syracuse ACCN 12:30 Miami (Fla.) at Virginia RSN 2 Pittsburgh at Clemson ABC 3:30 Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech ESPNU 3:30 Wake Forest at Louisville ESPN2 7 ^ - Thursday; º - Friday; Note: All times are EST.

ON THIS DATE

on this date was the Tigers’ 3128 victory over Wake Forest at Memorial Stadium in 2011.

p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

TEAM STATS Yards Off. Def. 312.1 322.6 488.4 312.9 398.9 393.8 470.6 411.1 401.0 405.4 593.4 293.1 415.7 359.1 459.7 410.2 408.4 358.4 422.3 428.7 463.4 463.4 365.6 445.4 444.4 327.4 331.4 369.7

Team Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami (Fla.) North Carolina NC State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest

Points Off. Def. 19.4 26.2 38.6 15.7 24.1 23.9 33.6 28.8 27.2 26.2 50.2 21.2 34.9 19.9 34.2 26.2 26.0 23.4 37.0 34.4 23.7 34.1 25.4 32.0 34.9 20.2 21.3 18.4

RUSHING LEADERS Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Player Lamar Jackson Dalvin Cook Matthew Dayes Mark Walton Dedrick Mills Elijah Hood James Conner Wayne Gallman Brandon Radcliff

Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Player Lamar Jackson Mitch Trubisky Eric Dungey Deshaun Watson Deondre Francois Brad Kaaya Kurt Benkert Jerod Evans Ryan Finley

Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Player Amba Etta-Tawo Mike Williams Ryan Switzer Isaiah Ford Bug Howard Ahmmon Richards Ervin Philips James Quick

MUSE WITH A WILD SCORE Freshman safety Tanner Muse scored his first career touchdown in dramatic fashion in Clemson’s 54-0 win over Syracuse last Saturday. On a pass over the middle that was tipped multiple times, Muse alertly snatched the ball out of the air before it hit the ground and sped 64 yards for a touchdown. The play was named ESPN SportsCenter Play-of-the-Day. It was the first interception of Muse’s career, who is in his redshirt freshman season. The Belmont, N.C., native became the first Tiger freshman with an interception return for a touchdown since the late Wayne Simmons raced 73 yards for a touchdown after an interception Clemson is 10-5 (.667) all-time at Florida State in the on November 12. The last game 1989 season.

TODAY’S GAME

ACC TIDBITS

Team LOU FSU NCS MIA GAT UNC PIT CU LOU

Car. 162 196 167 144 114 108 155 120 96

Yards 1181 1134 831 774 578 644 712 634 627

TD 19 12 4 10 10 8 11 8 3

Y/G 131.2 126.0 92.3 86.0 82.6 80.5 79.1 70.4 69.7

PASSING LEADERS Team LOU UNC SYR CU FSU MIA UVA VAT NCS

Cm. 170 223 230 204 177 179 203 156 173

Att. 288 317 355 317 295 285 353 253 281

Yards 2753 2707 2679 2497 2492 2340 2287 2203 2123

TD 26 19 15 24 12 17 19 21 14

Y/G 305.9 300.8 297.7 277.4 276.9 260.0 254.1 244.8 235.9

RECEIVING LEADERS Team SYR CU UNC VAT UNC MIA SYR LOU

Rec. 75 52 70 50 42 31 68 35

Yards 1158 754 728 710 658 632 622 601

TD 7 5 3 6 5 1 5 6

Y/G 128.7 83.8 80.9 78.9 73.1 70.2 69.1 66.8

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STATISTICAL MATCHUP CLEMSON Category Total Offense Plays Yards/Play Yards/Game Rushing Yards/Game Passing Yards/Game Passing Efficiency First Downs/Game Points/Game Touchdowns Field Goals Punting Average Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Penalties Turnovers Third-Down Conversion % Time of Possession/Game Interceptions By Defense Sacks

POLLS

Clemson 4396 702 6.3 488.4 168.2 320.2 151.5 24.9 38.6 44 13-16 38.5 21-208 18-418 57-501 18 48.2 28:31 15-205 33-225

Opp. 2816 632 4.5 312.9 132.8 180.1 93.2 18.3 15.7 17 8-13 40.3 6-44 33-613 80-631 20 29.9 30:49 10-99 11-54

SCORING BY QUARTERS Team Clemson Opponents

1st 96 6

2nd 101 37

3rd 55 44

4th 88 54

OT 7 0

Tot 347 141

RUSHING LEADERS # 9 4 28 27 26

Player Wayne Gallman Deshaun Watson Tavien Feaster C.J. Fuller Adam Choice Clemson Opponents

Car. 120 95 25 28 31 340 335

Yards 634 370 167 106 100 1514 1195

Avg. 5.3 3.9 6.7 3.8 3.2 4.5 3.6

TD 8 2 2 0 0 13 11

LG 59 23 45 10 16 59 70

PASSING LEADERS # Player 4 Deshaun Watson 12 Nick Schuessler Clemson Opponents

Cm. Att. 204 317 19 29 234 362 154 297

Yards Int. 2497 10 303 0 2882 10 1621 15

TD 24 3 28 5

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(Nov. 6, 2016) Team Alabama (60) Michigan (1) CLEMSON Washington Louisville Ohio State Wisconsin Auburn Oklahoma Texas A&M West Virginia Penn State Utah Western Michigan North Carolina Colorado Oklahoma State Virginia Tech Louisiana State Florida State Nebraska Florida Washington State Boise State Baylor

(Nov. 6, 2016) Team Alabama (62) CLEMSON (2) Michigan Washington Ohio State Louisville Wisconsin Auburn Oklahoma West Virginia Texas A&M Utah North Carolina Penn State Colorado Florida Oklahoma State Florida State Louisiana State Nebraska Western Michigan Virginia Tech Washington State Boise State Baylor

Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Rk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

SERIES HISTORY

PITTSBURGH LEADS 1-0 OVERALL Year CU PIT Rank Site W-L CU PIT 1977 8-2-1 8-2-1 11/10 N1 L 3 34 Totals 3 34 N1 - Jacksonville, Fla.; Note: Rankings are by AP; Clemson’s ranking is listed first, followed by Pittsburgh’s ranking.

LG 65 45 65 43

Category Total Offense Plays Yards/Play Yards/Game Rushing Yards/Game Passing Yards/Game Passing Efficiency First Downs/Game Points/Game Touchdowns Field Goals Punting Average Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Penalties Turnovers Third-Down Conversion % Time of Possession/Game Interceptions By Defense Sacks

Player Mike Williams Artavis Scott Ray-Ray McCloud Deon Cain Jordan Leggett Clemson Opponents

# 23 10 34 90 94 42 25 6 18 99

Player Van Smith Ben Boulware Kendall Joseph Dexter Lawrence Carlos Watkins Christian Wilkins Cordrea Tankersley Dorian O’Daniel Jadar Johnson Clelin Ferrell

Rec. 52 38 34 22 22 234 154

Yards 754 329 352 449 385 2882 1621

2nd 126 88

Player James Conner Quadree Henderson Chawntez Moss Nathan Peterman Darrin Hall Pittsburgh Opponents

3rd 55 62

4th 75 96

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Tot 333 310

Car. 155 42 38 53 23 397 294

Yards 712 383 221 191 109 1984 1004

Avg. 4.6 9.1 5.8 3.6 4.7 5.0 3.4

TD 11 3 1 1 0 24 18

LG 40 50 41 30 20 50 67

PASSING LEADERS # Player 4 Nathan Peterman 5 Tre Tipton Pittsburgh Opponents

Cm. Att. 130 215 1 1 131 220 204 336

Yards Int. 1806 4 11 0 1817 4 2854 4

TD 14 0 14 18

LG 75 11 75 91

RECEIVING LEADERS

Avg. 14.5 8.7 10.4 20.4 17.5 12.3 10.5

TD 5 3 2 8 4 28 5

LG 50 23 36 65 56 65 43

# 85 83 10 24 35

Player Rec. Jester Weah 26 Scott Orndoff 21 Quadree Henderson 21 James Conner 15 George Aston 14 Pittsburgh 131 Opponents 204

Int. 1-8 1-0 1-0

# 38 9 23 2 47 5 52 6 14 15

Player Ryan Lewis Jordan Whitehead Oluwaseun Idowu Terrish Webb Matt Galambos Ejuan Price Shakir Soto Tyrique Jarrett Avonte Maddox Reggie Mitchell

Yards 563 354 231 197 110 1817 2854

Avg. 21.7 16.9 11.0 13.1 7.9 13.9 14.0

TD 6 2 1 2 2 14 18

LG 75 74 37 55 23 75 91

TACKLE LEADERS

TFL 4-11 6-22 7-26 6.5-34 5.5-35 10-46 5-11 6-21

Sacks 2-15 2-16 4-23 5.5-35 3.5-23

6-29

4-22

2-13

1-4 1-1 4-44

RESULTS & SCHEDULE

Tac. 58 56 47 41 40 33 33 30 27 24

TFL 0.5-1 1.5-5 2-2 1-1 1.5-4 16-91 6.5-20 1.5-6 6-28

Sacks

Int. 1-0 1-59 1-0

9-66 2.5-12 1-6 2.5-21

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RESULTS & SCHEDULE

Date 9-3 9-10 9-17 9-22 10-1 10-7 10-15 10-29 11-5

Opponent at Auburn Troy SC State * at Georgia Tech * Louisville * at Boston College * NC State * at Florida State * Syracuse

W-L W W W W W W W W W

Score 19-13 30-24 59-0 26-7 42-36 56-10 ^24-17 37-34 54-0

Date 9-3 9-10 9-17 9-24 10-1 10-8 10-15 10-27 11-5

Opponent Villanova Penn State at Oklahoma State * at North Carolina Marshall * Georgia Tech * at Virginia * Virginia Tech * at Miami (Fla.)

W-L W W L L W W W L L

Score 28-7 42-39 38-45 36-37 43-27 37-34 45-31 36-39 28-51

Date 11-12 11-19 11-26

Opponent * Pittsburgh * at Wake Forest South Carolina

TV ABC

Time 3:30 p.m.

Date 11-12 11-19 11-26

Opponent * at Clemson * Duke * Syracuse

TV ABC

Time 3:30 p.m.

* - ACC regular-season game; ^ - one overtime; Note: All times are EST; home games in bold.

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1st 77 64

RUSHING LEADERS # 24 10 26 4 22

TACKLE LEADERS Tac. 75 74 73 54 46 43 40 39 36 29

Opp. 3858 630 6.1 428.7 111.6 317.1 147.4 20.8 34.4 38 15-17 41.7 22-212 36-744 56-472 11 36.5 26:58 4-12 6-45

SCORING BY QUARTERS Team Pittsburgh Opponents

RECEIVING LEADERS # 7 3 34 8 16

Pittsburgh 3801 617 6.2 422.3 220.4 201.9 146.3 20.8 37.0 44 8-13 42.8 11-130 28-859 52-438 10 42.9 33:02 4-92 29-233

CARLOS WATKINS LEADS CLEMSON IN SACKS (5.5).

* - ACC regular-season game; Note: All times are EST; home games in bold.


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GALLMAN WAYNE

TIGER SPOTLIGHT

REMEMBER THE NAME

BY RACHEL EAGLETON

WAYNE GALLMAN RETURNED FOR HIS JUNIOR SEASON WITH A GOAL TO BE THE GREATEST RUNNING BACK IN TIGER HISTORY.

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bag was hit, and a dad who had unfortunately signed up to volunteer as a coach that week was on the ground. Standing over him was none other than fiveyear-old Wayne Gallman. “I remember that first day of practice,” said the Loganville, Ga., native. “We had to practice with the bags, and one dad was holding the bag. When I hit it, he went down. “Every week, I would knock a different dad over, so they started to have challenges to see which dad could withstand my hit.” Football practice would tucker a young Gallman, luckily for his mother, Felicia Sheard. By his own admission, Gallman was a “wild child.” “When I was younger, I was the devil child,” he admitted. “My mom will gladly tell anyone that. I would run through walls with my head. I was a good child... just wild. “My mom’s friends look at me now and say how I am a completely different person. I have calmed down, but that came with maturity.” While Gallman may be calm off the field, on the field is a completely different story. Clemson fans can recall shuddering in their seats during many moments last season when Gallman would fly down the field and make contact with a defender. “Being wild did help me get where I am now with physicality,” said #9. “I have a strength inside of me that releases on the field that can’t be overcome.” Before he was the Tigers’ star running back setting Clemson’s singleseason rushing record with 1,527 yards

in 2015, Gallman was a linebacker who liked to run fast and hit anything in his path, regardless of what happened. “There were times back in middle and elementary school when I ran the ball but I would fumble because I was too focused on hitting. I had no ball security...I was just a fast kid who liked

to hit. Coaches loved that, but it didn’t set me up to be a great running back.” His experience at linebacker helped him develop the toughness he needed to take his running game to another level. He began to play running back at powerful Grayson High School, but he utilized the extra training at Clemson to excel.

TIGER SPOTLIGHT

WAYNE GALLMAN Full Name Wayne O’neal Gallman Major Communication Jersey #9 Position Running Back Height 6’0” Weight 210 Hometown Loganville, Ga. High School Grayson HS Date of Birth Oct. 1, 1994

“When I got to Clemson, I started to develop my running back skills,” explained Gallman. “You can’t expect to beat everyone around the edge...you have to learn how to set your feet and other necessary skills.” After being pursued by schools across the Southeast, he chose Clemson on a gut feeling on an ordinary school night. “One night, I knew that I was supposed to be at Clemson and I didn’t shy away from it. I called coach (Chad) Morris late that night and told him I was ready to commit. “It was a regular school night, but something told me it was time.” Along with the football program, Gallman felt at home at Clemson, which ultimately played into his decision to commit. “I decided to come to Clemson because the coaches were so different. I love the family mentality. Clemson was, and is, a place where I could create a legacy. I knew that I could grow how I wanted if I came here. I had that vision, and I am glad it is working out so far.” As the 2015 season progressed, Gallman began to earn recognition for his achievements, and along with those achievements came a new nickname for the running back...“Wayne Train.” While Gallman was not initially thrilled, he grew to respect the name and the fans who gave it to him. “At first, I wasn’t crazy about it because it was kind of corny, but I am really taking a hold of it now. This is the name that Clemson has given me, and I really respect that. People see me as the ‘Wayne Train,’ and that is fine with me.” While he may hope to leave the nickname behind, Gallman does have something he wants to leave in Clemson.

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GALLMAN “I want to be the greatest running back to ever come through Clemson. I remember telling a coach at the beginning of my career that one day I wanted my name to be up in the stadium with the other greats.” Gallman’s exploits led to a number of accolades following the Tigers’ 14-1 campaign that saw them reach the national championship game. He was an

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All-ACC selection, the latest in a long line of Tiger running backs. He shared the team’s most valuable offensive player honor with Deshaun Watson, a testament to his respect from coaches and teammates. After his outstanding season, he had a chance to leave Clemson for the NFL as a third-year sophomore, but something in his heart stopped him.

“During the NFL process, I had the chance to leave, but there was something in my heart telling me I was leaving something behind. I really wanted to graduate, and I will do that in December. That was always my goal. “My mom was the first person to graduate from her family. She really stepped up and showed me how I should lead people and do things to better myself.”

Gallman also wants to continue to learn and hone his craft before he steps on a professional gridiron. “I want to be ready for the NFL. I don’t want to show up there and say I made it. I want to do everything I can to be at the top of my position and to be the best Wayne Gallman I can be.” To be the best he can be, Gallman looks to his parents for inspiration in life. “My mom is the most important influence in my life. I would do anything for her. My dad is like my brother. Every problem I have I bring to him. They are two big role models in my life and provide a great example of how I want to lead people.” Being himself is one of the most important skills his parents taught him and is something he hopes to teach others. “There is a big concept of who is real and who is fake going on in the world right now. There are a lot of people out there trying to portray themselves as someone else or trying to fit in with different groups. “But the main thing I have learned is to always be yourself and don’t ever change. Life is not hard once you do that. People will either like you or not like you. When you are yourself, those things won’t bother you anymore.” Gallman has approached his final season with the Tigers with no regrets and a plan to make the most of every moment. “I want to be a great leader for the team and show people what Clemson is all about. I want people to remember Wayne Gallman.”


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SCOTT

TIGER SPOTLIGHT

FINISH WITH NO REGRETS JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER ARTAVIS SCOTT HAS USED THAT MANTRA TO MAKE THE MOST OF HIS TIME AS A TIGER THE PAST THREE SEASONS.

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he most exciting 25 seconds in college football has an extra step for Artavis Scott. After he rubs Howard’s Rock and runs down the Hill, he makes his way to the student section to energize the crowd. The short interaction is a big one for Scott, who sees it as a way to give back to the fans who mean so much to him. “One of the biggest things that I love to do is interact with the crowd,” said Scott. “I started to do it in my senior year of high school. I like to get the crowd hyped. “As players, we feed off of it. I love to see the interaction when the fans come out and support us. I love to see that sea of orange, even if we’re on the road. Seeing that they come and support us and they’re having fun and they’re hyped, that gives us an edge. “The fans don’t really know how much we appreciate them, so to go out and interact with them, it’s a way to give back. It’s a good feeling for me, and I’m sure it is for them.” As someone who loves “the family feel of football,” the supportive family atmosphere of Clemson has been something that Scott has always appreciated during his experience as a Tiger, and it was a big part of the reason he chose to come to Tigertown. “The Clemson family has impacted me a lot since I’ve been here. Whatever it may be, they’re always there to support you. “I love the family atmosphere here, and it reminded me of my team back at home. Clemson also provided me a great opportunity because we run the spread offense with a lot of different playmakers. I knew I’d come here and play (right away), so that’s the reason I came here.” And play he has. In his first two seasons, he was an All-ACC wideout and earned First-Team All-ACC recognition

TIGER SPOTLIGHT

ARTAVIS SCOTT Full Name Artavis Marquise Scott Major Communication Jersey #3 Position Wide Receiver Height 5’10” Weight 190 Hometown Clearwater, Fla. High School East Lake HS Date of Birth Dec. 12, 1994

from both the media and coaches in 2015. He holds the record for catches by a Tiger in the first two years and is making his way up Clemson’s career receiving yards list, as he is in the top 10. He went over the 2,000-yard mark at Boston College on October 7 and became just the fourth Tiger with 200 career receptions at Florida State. Scott has provided the Tigers with many big plays in his career. There was the touchdown reception in the 24-22 win over Notre Dame in 2015. His 77yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter changed the momentum of the Louisville game this year. The touchdown catch in overtime against NC State proved to be the decisive points as well. But Scott is not focusing on the records. Rather, he wants to develop into

the best version of himself, both on and off the field. “I’m just trying to be the best version of me,” noted #3. “I’m not trying to do anything spectacular. I know what I can do as a football player. I’ve been doing it my whole life, and that’s the whole reason I’m here. I’m also trying to make every opportunity count when it comes.” Scott has appreciated the opportunity Clemson has given him to be a playmaker on a national scale, but equally important to him are the ways coaches have helped him grow as a person. “Clemson prepares you by giving you tools for life,” he stated. “We go through a lot of things that the coaches try to instill in us, and I try to take in everything they say and the knowledge that they have.”

Scott has made great use of every opportunity at Clemson, and that includes academics. In December, he will join roommate Deshaun Watson as the first Tiger scholarship football players to earn an undergraduate degree in three years. It is a goal he has pursued with vigor. “I’ve grown as a man, and they’ve taught me core values here. Everyone here has prepared me for the real world. I try to always listen to what they have to say. Even if they say it in a way that you don’t really like in that moment, it’s always true, because they’ve been in that situation that I’m trying to get to.” One of those lessons that has impacted the wideout most is the idea of finishing with no regrets. He is a player who enjoys the process and tries to “take it one step at a time,” rather than concentrating on the end goal. The reminder to always leave it all out on the field is something that has stuck with him. “Finish with no regrets. That’s the biggest thing that they try to instill in us. You don’t think about it when you go out there and play football, because it’s like a routine. But when you get in situations, like playing for a national championship...we didn’t think what we did back in fall camp would come back and bite us. Finish with no regrets...that’s the mindset you have to have, all the time, even when you’re tired.” After he dons the Tiger uniform for the last time, Scott wants for that purposeful mindset to shape his legacy. “I want to know that I’ve given everything I have, and when you see me play, you can see my determination in how I play the game. I want people to know that I always have fun.” But in the meantime, he is going to continue to make the most of every opportunity that comes his way. “I’ve definitely enjoyed my experience here. It’s meant a lot to me. Most people don’t have this opportunity that I’ve been given, so I want to take advantage of it. It means everything in the world to me.”

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ADRIEN

BY COLE LITTLE

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

DUNN

LIVING THE DREAM

THE FORMER WALK-ON HAS LIVED HIS DREAM OF PLAYING FOR THE TIGERS AND WANTS TO CONTINUE IN FOOTBALL AS A COACH.

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or wideout Adrien Dunn, nothing is taken for granted. Despite suffering a season-ending knee injury on a 30-yard punt return against SC State, Dunn is relishing every moment of his senior year. “My expectations for the situation I’m in is to take advantage of every opportunity that I have left.” Dunn is a young man who never backs down from a challenge or allows the little things in his life to go unnoticed or unappreciated, and he has fulfilled a lifelong dream by suiting up for the Tigers. A Clemson native, Dunn ran down the Hill as a six-year-old playing for the Central Tigers and aspired to be a Clemson Tiger. Following a standout career as a wideout at Daniel High School, Dunn could have taken his talents elsewhere, but he chose to pursue his ultimate goal. “I was offered a couple of scholarships to small schools, but why not try the biggest one? Coach (Dabo) Swinney offered me a preferred walk-on spot, and I had to take advantage of it.” Dunn is no longer a walk-on, and his fondest memory at Clemson is being awarded a scholarship by Swinney.

“I remember calling my mom after that. That was pretty awesome.” Undersized for his position but sporting the heart of a lion, Dunn has never allowed anyone to outcompete him

throughout his college tenure and has remained solely focused on doing what is best for the squad. Even now, just a month removed from major knee surgery, Dunn is balancing

his arduous rehab with the responsibilities that he has taken upon himself as a veteran voice of the team. A model citizen, student and teammate, Dunn is emblematic of the Clemson football program, one that Dunn thinks is as special as any in the nation. “The little details are important to us. Every single thing that we do is super detailed, and everything matters.” Never one to take anything for granted, Dunn is incredibly appreciative of the opportunity he was presented with by Swinney to be a member of such a tight-knit, talented receiving unit. “I don’t take it for granted that I’m out there with the best receiving corps in the country. I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned from my coaches, I’ve learned from the players I’ve played with and I’ve made a lot of great friends through all of it. So it’s been a great experience.” Heavily influenced by Swinney and his coaching style, Dunn plans to pursue coaching after graduation. “I want to be a graduate assistant, either here or somewhere else, and get a master’s degree. I really want to be a coach, so that’s what I’m pushing for.” A tenacious competitor throughout his college football career on both offense and special teams, Dunn has utilized that trademark tenacity to take on his recovery. While an arduous battle, his convalescence from torn knee ligaments is progressing smoothly. He underwent surgery in early October and is currently rehabbing, as #82 is already antsy to complete his recuperation. “Eventually, I’ll be able to move around a little better, and I want to get out there and be more on the coaching side of it.” From the outside looking in, Dunn may seem like an underdog success story, but when taking into consideration all that he has to offer in terms of willpower and perseverance, he is not really an underdog at all. With the heart of a lion, Dunn made his lifelong goal of becoming a Tiger a reality. Thus, he is living proof that with hard work and determination, dreams, on the gridiron and beyond, can indeed come true.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

ADRIEN DUNN Full Name Adrien Brennen Dunn Major PRTM Jersey #82 Position Wide Receiver Height 5’7” Weight 180 Hometown Clemson, S.C. High School Daniel HS Date of Birth March 18, 1995

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CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

BOARD of TRUSTEES E. SMYTH McKISSICK III

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS GOVERNED BY A 13-MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INCLUDING SEVEN SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES AND SIX ELECTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AS PROVIDED BY THE WILL OF THOMAS GREEN CLEMSON.

Chair • Greenville, S.C.

JOHN N. McCARTER JR. Vice Chair • Columbia, S.C.

DAVID E. DUKES

LEON J. HENDRIX JR.

RONALD D. LEE

LOUIS B. LYNN

PATRICIA H. McABEE

ROBERT L. PEELER

MARK S. RICHARDSON

WILLIAM C. SMITH JR.

Columbia, S.C.

Greenville, S.C.

Kiawah Island, S.C.

Lexington, S.C.

Aiken, S.C.

Charlotte, N.C.

Columbia, S.C.

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Trustee Louis P. Batson Jr. J.J. Britton Fletcher C. Derrick Jr. Harold D. Kingsmore Thomas B. McTeer Jr. D. Leslie Tindal Allen Wood

JOSEPH D. SWANN Greenville, S.C.

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KIM WILKERSON Cayce, S.C.

DAVID H. WILKINS Greenville, S.C.

Hometown Greenville, S.C. Sumter, S.C. Charleston, S.C. Clemson, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Pinewood, S.C. Florence, S.C.


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ames P. Clements became Clemson University’s 15th president on Dec. 31, 2013. Since his arrival, the value of the Tiger Paw has never been higher, thanks to an increasing academic reputation and the national exposure from our recent success in athletics. Under Clements’ leadership, Clemson has broken records in admissions, enrollment, research, facilities development, athletics, graduation and retention rates and fundraising, including the successful completion of the $1 billion Will to Lead capital campaign. Clements is a nationally recognized leader in higher education who has served as president of a university in three different athletic conferences (Big East, Big 12, ACC), where he is also the current chair of the ACC Council of Presidents. Before he came to Clemson, Clements served as president of West Virginia University for nearly five years. During that time, WVU set significant records in private fundraising, enrollment and research funding. He was a leader in West Virginia, chairing the boards of the West Virginia United Health System, the WVU Hospitals and the WVU Research Corporation. And while he loved his time at WVU, he decided he would leave Morgantown for only one institution...Clemson University. Clements was born in Arlington, Va., but spent the majority of his life in Maryland before relocating to West Virginia and until his move to Clemson. The grandson of a coal miner and firefighter and son to parents who taught him and his three older siblings that education was the key to a better life, Clements is a first-generation college graduate. This was a key reason he pursued a life and career in higher education...to

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JIM CLEMENTS President

DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR, NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED VOICE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROVEN LEADER WHO UNDERSTANDS CLEMSON’S UNIQUE MISSION AS A LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITY.

give others the same opportunity he was given by getting a formal education. Clements holds a B.S. degree in computer science and an M.S. degree and a Ph.D. in operations analysis from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, as well as an M.S. degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins

University. He was also awarded an honorary degree as doctor of public education from his alma mater, UMBC. He has published and presented more than 75 papers in the fields of computer science, higher education, information technology, project management and strategic planning. He also

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served as principal investigator or coinvestigator on more than $15 million in research grants. Prior to his service at WVU, he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs, vice president for economic & community outreach and the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Information Technology at Towson University, the second largest university in the University System of Maryland, where he was a four-time winner of the Faculty Member-of-the-Year award, given by Towson students. Clements’ Successful Project Management book is now in its seventh edition, is published in multiple languages and used in numerous countries. His other leadership positions include co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, the only university president on the board; current member and past chair of the board of directors for the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, North America’s oldest higher education association; and board positions with the American Council on Education, the Business-Higher Education Forum and the Council on Competitiveness. Clements also serves on the executive committee of APLU’s Commission of Innovation, Competitiveness & Economic Prosperity. He previously chaired the ACE Commission on Leadership. Clements and his wife, Beth, have been married for 25 years and have four children, Ty, Hannah, Maggie and Grace, and a son-in-law, Tanner Coombs.

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Director of Athletics

DAN RADAKOVICH CLEMSON’S 13TH DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, IN HIS FIFTH SEASON IN TIGERTOWN, HAS OVER 28 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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y nearly every measure, Dan Radakovich led Clemson to one of the best athletic years in school history in 2015-16. With a fall semester featuring berths in the national championship games in both football and men’s soccer and spring ACC titles in men’s golf and baseball, the Tigers recorded their highest finish in the Learfield Director’s Cup in a decade. In the classroom, 78 student-athletes earned degrees and, while competing for national titles, both football and men’s soccer registered record GPAs. Clemson’s Graduation Success Rate and Academic Progress Rate continue to be among the nation’s best, as football, men’s basketball and women’s golf were recognized among the top-10 percent nationally in APR, with football earning the distinction for the sixth consecutive year. Named the 13th director of athletics in Clemson history on Dec. 1, 2012, Radakovich has continuously led the Tiger athletic department to high achievements both on the field and in the classroom while developing significant upgrades in finance and facilities. Since his arrival in December 2013, the athletic department has received approvals for $176 million in facility improvements and increased spending on direct student-athlete development programs, including nutrition, mental health and professional development by $2.4 million. His department has increased overall revenue from $69 million in fiscal year 2014 to a budgeted $99.7 million in fiscal year 2017. Radakovich came to Clemson with a wealth of experience after serving in sig-

nificant athletic administrative roles at Miami (Fla.), Long Beach State, South Carolina and Louisiana State in addition to athletic directorships at American University and Georgia Tech. His administrative career spans over 28 years. College football entered a new era in 2014 with the College Football Playoff, and he was at the forefront. He was one of 13 people, including one of only five FBS directors of athletics, to be named to the committee. Following the 2014-15 academic year, Radakovich was named a finalist for the SportsBusiness Journal Athletics Director-of-the-Year award. In 2012, he was named by NCAA president Mark Emmert as one of 10 directors of athletics to a new advisory commission charged with making recommendations for the future of NCAA rules and policies. Radakovich came to Clemson from Georgia Tech, where he served with dis-

tinction for six years (2006-12). Just Clemson’s fifth director of athletics since 1940, he replaced Terry Don Phillips, who retired after over 10 years directing the program. During his career at Georgia Tech, it had 51 teams advance to either NCAA Tourney play or bowl games in his six years. That includes five sports (football, women’s basketball, softball, women’s tennis, men’s golf) that made the postseason every year. The baseball program missed just once. A total of 11 different sports programs finished in the top 25 of at least one major poll 27 times. That includes a national championship women’s tennis program in 2007, just its second team title in history. There were 14 ACC titles celebrated in addition to nine regularseason conference or division titles. The construction of new facilities or upgrades to existing ones was a focus of Radakovich’s tenure with the Yellow

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Jacket program. The John & Mary Brock Football Practice Facility, which opened in 2011, and McCamish Pavilion, which opened for basketball in 2012, are two of the top facilities of their kind in college athletics. Radakovich also initiated the Athletic Director’s Initiative Fund, started in 2006, which raised cash and pledges of more than $12 million. The Aliquippa, Pa., native was first made aware of Tiger athletics through the basketball exploits of Butch Zatezalo, who was from the same town. Zatezalo was a three-time All-ACC Tiger whose legendary 25-point scoring nights received a lot of attention in Pennsylvania in the 1960s when Radakovich was a youth. Prior to his tenure at Georgia Tech, Radakovich worked as a senior associate athletic director at Louisiana State from 2001-06. He had many responsibilities that dealt with the football program and worked closely with then head coach Nick Saban, including the year (2003) the Tigers won the national title. He became a director of athletics for the first time at American University in Washington, D.C., in 2000. Between 1994 and 2000, Radakovich served as chief financial officer at South Carolina. During that time, he worked with current Clemson football administrators Woody McCorvey and Brad Scott. He gained experience on the West Coast from 1989-94, when he was a senior associate athletic director at Long Beach State. He got his start in administration at Miami (Fla.) in 1983 as the athletic business manager. Radakovich is a 1980 graduate of Indiana (Pa.), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance. He was also a football letterman and student coach with the Crimson Hawk program. He was enshrined into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recognized as a distinguished alumnus from Indiana (Pa.) in 2009. He earned his master’s degree in business administration from Miami (Fla.) in 1982. Radakovich, born June 9, 1958, and his wife, Marcie, have two sons, Christian, a 2012 Georgia Tech graduate, and Grant, a 2015 Mercer graduate who joined the Clemson football program over the summer.

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Head Coach

DABO SWINNEY DABO SWINNEY, THE 2015 HOME DEPOT NATIONAL COACH-OF-THE-YEAR, AND HIS ALL-IN APPROACH HAS LED THE PROGRAM TO RECORD-SETTING HEIGHTS.

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here is a strong coaching heritage over the 120 years of Clemson football that dates to the early 1900s, when John Heisman led the program. Jess Neely and Frank Howard continued the winning

and joined Heisman in the College Football Hall of Fame. Danny Ford, a finalist for the hall of fame in 2017, led Clemson to the 1981 national championship. Dabo Swinney has been at Clemson for just eight years as head coach, but he

THE SWINNEY FILE PLAYING EXPERIENCE Lettered three years at Alabama (1990-92); also a member of the 1989 team ... member of the 1992 national championship team ... Academic All-SEC and SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member in 1990,92.

EDUCATION B.S. degree in commerce & business administration from Alabama in 1993 ... master of business administration from Alabama in 1995.

PERSONAL DATA Born Nov. 20, 1969 in Birmingham, Ala. ... married to the former Kathleen Bassett ... the couple has three sons (Will 18, Drew 16, Clay 13).

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has cemented himself among the Tiger legends of the past. He is the first person to say that the program has not reached all of its goals just yet, but he took the 2015 Tigers to the brink of winning the program’s second national title.

Swinney guided Clemson to the No. 1 spot in every College Football Playoff poll in 2015 and led the Tigers to their first national championship game appearance under the new format after his team defeated Oklahoma 37-17 in the Orange Bowl. The Tigers led Alabama in the fourth quarter of the championship game, but came up just short in an epic game in Glendale, Ariz. Following the team’s 14-1 record and No. 2 final ranking, Swinney was the recipient of 10 national and two ACC coach-of-the-year honors. The win over Oklahoma made him just the second coach in college football history (joining Alabama’s Bear Bryant) to beat the Sooners in two bowl games. Clemson’s 13th win, which came against North Carolina in the ACC Championship Game, established a school record. It was the Tigers’ 15th ACC title, matching Florida State for most in history. All told, the Tigers defeated four teams that finished the season in the top 15 of both polls, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, North Carolina and Florida State. Swinney coached Deshaun Watson to a record-setting sophomore season in


2015. Watson became Clemson’s first Heisman Trophy finalist after becoming the first player in FBS history to total 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season. Watson was the ACC Player-of-theYear and MVP of both the ACC Championship Game and Orange Bowl. He won the Davey O’Brien Award and Manning Award and was Clemson’s second ACC Athlete-of-the-Year in history. From 2011-15, Clemson compiled a 56-12 record, the most wins in a fiveyear period in school history. Thirty-six of the victories came against ACC teams. The 2015 seniors finished their careers with a 46-8 record, including a 29-4 ACC mark. Clemson was in the top-10 percent of APR scores and the final top 25 of the AP and USA Today polls in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, the only FBS program that could make that claim. In eight years (seven full seasons) as the Tigers’ head coach, Swinney has directed Clemson to a 75-27 overall record (.735) and a 47-14 ACC regularseason mark (.770). He has also led the Tigers to the ACC Championship Game three times, won two ACC titles, won or shared four ACC Atlantic Division titles and won five bowl games. With the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl win over Oklahoma and head coach Bob Stoops, Swinney became the first and only coach in history to win three bowl games in consecutive seasons over teams whose head coaches had previously won a national title. The 2015

THE SWINNEY FAMILY - DABO AND WIFE, KATHLEEN, ALONG WITH DREW, CLAY AND WILL.

Orange Bowl win over Oklahoma made it four in a row. Defense was the key to success for the 2014 Tigers, as they led the nation in total defense, pass efficiency defense, first downs allowed, third-down conver-

sion percentage defense and tackles for loss along with being in the top five in many other defensive categories. Defensive end Vic Beasley was named ACC Defensive Player-of-the-Year as well as being a finalist for multiple national

awards and a first-team All-American thanks to his 21.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks. Beasley and Stephone Anthony were both first-round draft picks in 2015. Clemson capped off the 2013 season with a thrilling 40-35 victory over No. 6 Ohio State in the Orange Bowl. Clemson had an 11-2 record after finishing 7-1 in ACC regular-season games for the second year in a row. It marked Clemson’s first back-to-back 11-win seasons in school history. The Tigers were No. 12 in the final BCS standings. It was the third straight year Clemson finished in the top 15 of the BCS standings, one of only six schools that could make that claim. Clemson, who was ranked No. 7 in the final USA Today poll and No. 8 in the final AP poll, was also one of only five programs in the top 20 of every BCS standing from 2011 to 2013. Tajh Boyd broke many Clemson career records for quarterbacks thanks in part to 2013, when he completed 68.5 percent of his passes for 3,851 yards and 34 touchdowns. Boyd’s 107 career passing touchdowns and 133 total touchdowns were ACC records as well. Sammy Watkins was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award and was a first-team All-American, as he had 101 receptions for 1,464 yards and 12 touchdowns. He established Tiger career records for receptions, receiving yards and tied the receiving touchdowns mark as well. The 2012 season (11-2) was a groundbreaking year for Swinney’s Tigers when looking at the overall consistency of the program. The seven conference wins in the regular season set a school record, while Clemson was co-champion of the ACC Atlantic Division. The school record for

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consecutive wins at Memorial Stadium (13) was also established, as was the record for consecutive wins by 14+ points (7). With Clemson’s thrilling 25-24 win over No. 7 Louisiana State in the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl, the Tigers finished the season ranked No. 9 in the USA Today poll. It was Clemson’s first top-10 finish in one of the two major polls since 1990. The 2012 campaign featured a record-setting offense. Clemson had six of the 11 offensive players on the All-ACC first team chosen by the media and set over 80 Tiger team and individual records. Leading the way was Boyd, the ACC Player-of-the-Year. The quarterback joined center Dalton Freeman as firstteam All-Americans by AFCA, just the third time since 1945 that the AFCA first-team All-America quarterback and center were from the same school. Boyd’s favorite wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, had 18 receiving touchdowns, second most in the nation, and was a second-team All-American. He was a big reason Clemson scored a then school-record 533 points. Swinney’s 2011 squad, which ended the season ranked No. 22 in the nation, captured Clemson’s first ACC title since 1991 when it beat No. 3 Virginia Tech 38-10 in the ACC Championship Game. It tied for the highest-ranked team the Tigers defeated in history. The win, the Tigers’ second over the Hokies in 2011, gave Clemson its first 10-win season since 1990. The Tigers’ four wins over top-25 ranked teams established a school record.

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Swinney was named Bobby Dodd National Coach-of-the-Year in 2011 to become the first Tiger head coach to win a national coach-of-the-year award since 1981, when Ford directed Clemson to the national title. Dwayne Allen received the John Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end and totaled 50 receptions for 598 yards and eight touchdowns. Boyd set the school record for total yards (4,046), passing yards (3,828) and passing touchdowns (33), all marks he eclipsed

in subsequent seasons. Andre Branch, a finalist for the Hendricks Award, had an ACC-high 17 tackles for loss and an ACC-high 10.5 sacks. Watkins was one of the most dynamic freshmen in the nation. The ACC Rookie-of-the-Year totaled 82 receptions for 1,219 yards and 12 touchdowns despite missing one game due to injury. Watkins was also an AP First-Team All-American. Swinney became just the second Tiger coach to lead Clemson’s program to a bowl game in his first two full years

as head coach, joining his predecessor, Tommy Bowden. The 2010 season included wins over bowl teams Georgia Tech, Maryland and NC State. The team excelled defensively in 2010 and was 13th in the nation in scoring defense and in the top 25 in total defense and passing defense. C.J. Spiller was a unanimous first-team All-American in 2009 and Da’Quan Bowers duplicated the feat on the defense a year later. Bowers won the 2010 Nagurski Award as the nation’s


SWINNEY’S COACHING RECORD Year School Position(s) W-L Bowl 1993 Alabama GA 9-3-1 Gator 1994 Alabama GA 12-1 Citrus 1995 Alabama GA 8-3 1996 Alabama WR,TE 10-3 Outback 1997 Alabama TE 4-7 1998 Alabama WR 7-5 Music City 1999 Alabama WR 10-3 Orange 2000 Alabama WR 3-8 2003 Clemson WR 9-4 Peach 2004 Clemson WR 6-5 2005 Clemson WR 8-4 Champs Sports 2006 Clemson WR 8-5 Music City 2007 Clemson AHC,WR 9-4 Chick-fil-A 2008 Clemson AHC,WR 3-3 Clemson IHC 4-2 Clemson HC 0-1 Gator 2009 Clemson HC 9-5 Music City 2010 Clemson HC 6-7 Meineke Car Care 2011 Clemson HC 10-4 Orange 2012 Clemson HC 11-2 Chick-fil-A 2013 Clemson HC 11-2 Orange 2014 Clemson HC 10-3 Russell Athletic 2015 Clemson HC 14-1 Orange/CFPNCG Years as a full-time college coach:............................. 22nd Winning seasons:.........................................................18 Bowl seasons:.............................................................17 Record as an assistant coach:.................. 106-58-1 (.645) Record as a head coach:...............................75-27 (.735) Record at Clemson:.....................................118-52 (.694)

top defensive player and he received the Hendricks Award as the country’s top defensive end. He led the nation in sacks (15.5) and tied for the national lead in tackles for loss (26). In 2009, Swinney’s first full year as head coach, he led the Tigers to their first championship of the ACC’s Atlantic Division. Swinney was named ACC coach-of-the-year by Sporting News. He totaled nine wins, second most among FBS coaches in their first full year. They also tied for fourth most in ACC history for a first-year head coach. The main reason Clemson was so outstanding on special teams was the play of college football’s most dynamic player (Spiller) in 2009. The Tiger running back was named MVP of the ACC in 2009 and was a consensus All-American. He had five kick returns for touchdowns during the 2009 season, an all-time Clemson record, and established the NCAA record for kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career (7). In October 2008, Swinney was named Clemson interim head coach, replacing Bowden, who had been his position coach as a player at Alabama and was Clemson’s head coach since 1999. He led the Tigers to a 4-2 record over the remainder of the 2008 regular season, including a win over South Carolina in the regular-season finale. On Dec. 1, 2008, the interim tag was removed from the title and he was named the program’s head coach. At the time, there had been 28 interim head coaches at the FBS level since 1970 and those coaches had combined for a record of 26-86-2. Only one of those 28 interim coaches posted a winning record, and that was Swinney.

The 1993 Alabama graduate joined the Clemson staff prior to the 2003 season. In his 13 years as an assistant or head coach, the Tigers have finished in the top 25 of the polls nine times and have 24 wins over top-25 teams, including victories over Florida State (6), Auburn (2), Miami (Fla.) (2), Oklahoma (2), Virginia Tech (2), Georgia (1), Louisiana State (1), Ohio State (1) and Tennessee (1) during his tenure in Tigertown. Swinney coached his wide receiver position to a level of consistency that had not been seen previously at Clemson. He had a wideout finish first or second in the ACC in catches in five of his six years as an assistant coach. In his first year, he had three of the top-10 receivers in the ACC, a first in Tiger history. He has coached a First or Second-Team

All-ACC wideout in 12 of his 13 seasons in Tigertown, also an unprecedented feat at Clemson. The Alabama native has a reputation as one of the top recruiters in the nation. In 2006, he was listed as the No. 5 recruiter in the nation by Rivals. It marked the second straight year that he was lauded by the website as a top-25 national recruiter. Swinney received a commerce & business administration degree from Alabama in 1993 after lettering three times (1990-92). A walk-on who went on to earn a scholarship, Swinney was a wide receiver on Alabama’s 1992 national championship team. He was also named Academic All-SEC along with being an SEC Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll member in 1990 and 1992.

After his playing career, Swinney served as a graduate assistant from 1993-95 at Alabama, where he coached in the 1994 Gator Bowl and 1995 Citrus Bowl. In December 1995, he received a master’s degree in business administration from Alabama. He became a full-time assistant coach at Alabama in February 1996 under head coach Gene Stallings and coached five seasons there on a full-time basis. Swinney was assigned to coach the Crimson Tide’s wide receivers and tight ends in 1996. The following year, he solely coached the tight ends. From April 2001 to February 2003, Swinney was in private business in Alabama. He married the former Kathleen Bassett in 1994. They have three sons, Will (18), Drew (16) and Clay (13).

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• 8th Season at Clemson • 33rd Season Overall • Western Carolina ‘76 • Born June 25, 1951

• 9th Season at Clemson • 26th Season Overall • Clemson ‘87 • Born Feb. 17, 1965

• 5th Season at Clemson • 21st Season Overall • Kansas State ‘92 • Born Dec. 18, 1970

• Coached First-Team All-ACC defensive tackle Carlos Watkins in 2015, his fourth All-ACC pick. The defensive tackles were major contributors on a team that played in the national title game and had a No. 2 final ranking. • Coached First-Team All-ACC defensive tackle Grady Jarrett in 2014, a fifth-round NFL draft pick. • His defensive tackles were a big reason Clemson led the nation in total defense (260.8) and tackles for loss in 2013 (122) and 2014 (131). • Played a big role in Clemson winning the 2011 and 2015 ACC titles. He has been on the staff of four ACC Atlantic Division titles in the last seven years. Clemson is 71-24 with him on staff. • Finalist for defensive line coach-of-the-year according to Football Scoop in 2010. • Has coached 397 games as a full-time assistant coach, second most on the Tiger coaching staff. He will coach his 400th game on September 17 against SC State. • Coached on the 1998 Tennessee staff that won the national title with a 13-0 record. • Coached former Clemson star and NFL All-Pro running back Kevin Mack in high school in the 1970s.

Began his football career at Appalachian State in 1969 ... after serving in the Army for three years, he transferred to Western Carolina and played in 1973.

• Has coached in a national championship game with three different schools, including Clemson in the 2015 season. • Coached second-team All-Americans in tight end Jordan Leggett, a John Mackey Award finalist, and freshman placekicker Greg Huegel, in 2015. • Coached Bradley Pinion, who averaged 42.6 yards per punt with 28 punts inside the 20 against only two touchbacks in 2014. Pinion was drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft by the 49ers. • Has coached the Tiger special teams since 2011, including Chandler Catanzaro, who was a three-time All-ACC placekicker. Catanzaro is Clemson’s career scoring leader (404) and made 81.7 percent of his field goals. • Coached Dwayne Allen in 2011. He won the John Mackey Award and was a first-team All-American. Allen set school records for receptions (50), receiving yards (598) and receiving touchdowns (8) by a tight end. • Played tight end on Clemson’s 1986 and 1987 ACC title teams, then he served as a graduate assistant on the Tigers’ 1988 ACC championship team. • In his second year at Alabama, he directed the offensive tackles and served as special teams coordinator on its 1992 national title team. • Served on the same Alabama staff with current Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney from 1993-97.

• In his 20 years as a full-time assistant coach, his teams have 20 winning seasons, have been to 20 bowl games and have won 10+ games 15 times. • Clemson has averaged 9.31 tackles for loss per game and a 28.7 third-down conversion percentage defense over the last three years, best in the nation in both categories. • His 2015 defense was fourth in the nation in thirddown conversion percentage defense (27.7), fourth in sacks per game (3.2) and fifth in tackles for loss per game (8.4). He coached Second-Team All-ACC linebackers Ben Boulware and B.J. Goodson. • One of five finalists for the 2015 Frank Broyles Award, which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach. • Named one of the top-10 recruiters in the ACC in 2015 by Rivals. • National defensive coordinator-of-the-year by Football Scoop in 2014 and national recruiter-of-the-year by Rivals in 2015. • His 2014 defense led the nation in total defense (260.8), pass efficiency defense (98.3), first downs allowed (185), third-down conversion percentage defense (27.4) and tackles for loss (131). • Served as co-defensive coordinator at Oklahoma (1999-03) and defensive coordinator at Oklahoma (2004-11).

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Earned an undergraduate degree from Western Carolina in 1976 ... master’s degree from Florida in 1984.

Lettered three times (1985-87) as a tight end at Clemson ... strength & conditioning All-American (1987).

Played two seasons (1989,90) at Garden City (Kan.) Community College ... lettered two times as a linebacker at Kansas State (1991,92).

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Born June 25, 1951 in Sparta, N.C. ... he and his wife, Kathy, have two children, Tara and Rhett; Tara is an assistant athletic director at Tennessee; Rhett was an offensive player development assistant on the 2013 and 2014 Clemson staffs, and is currently an assistant coach at Southern Methodist.

Bachelor’s degree in finance from Clemson in 1987 ... master of business administration from Clemson in 1989.

Born Feb. 17, 1965 ... he and his wife, Kristy, have one daughter, Taylor, and two sons, Tanner and Trent.

Born Dec. 18, 1970 ... he and his wife, Julie, have two sons, Jake and Tyler, and two daughters, Laney and Addie.

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• 7th Season at Clemson • 18th Season Overall • Tennessee ‘95 • Born Nov. 7, 1966

• 9th Season at Clemson • 10th Season Overall • Clemson ‘03 • Born Dec. 28, 1980

• 6th Season at Clemson • 11th Season Overall • Clemson ‘02 • Born Nov. 26, 1979

• Clemson has finished in the top 25 all six years as an assistant coach, including a No. 2 ranking in 2015 after helping the Tigers to the national title game. • Coached first-team All-American Shaq Lawson, a finalist for several national awards who had 25.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks, in 2015. He also coached Honorable Mention All-ACC performer Kevin Dodd, who had 23.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks. The duo finished first and second nationally in tackles for loss. • His defensive ends were a big reason the 2014 defense led the nation in total defense (260.8) and tackles for loss (131). He also coached Vic Beasley, who was a first-team All-American and the ACC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Beasley set the school record with 33 career sacks. • His defensive ends were a big reason Clemson led the nation in tackles for loss (122) in 2013. • In 2011, he coached second-team All-American and First-Team All-ACC defensive end Andre Branch, who was a finalist for the Hendricks Award. • Returned to Clemson after spending three years (2008-10) at Duke. • This is his second tour of duty at Clemson. He served as defensive line coach in 2005. • Has NFL experience, as he was an assistant coach with the Saints in 2006 and 2007.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Lettered four times (1986-89) as a defensive end at Tennessee ... three-year starter ... played three seasons (42 games) in the NFL with the New England Patriots.

EDUCATION B.S. degree from Tennessee in 1995.

• Clemson has been to a bowl game each of his eight years as a full-time assistant coach. The Tigers finished No. 2 after their 14-1 record in 2015. • Named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation and ACC recruiter-of-the-year in 2015 by Rivals. • Named co-offensive coordinator prior to the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl. • Coached First-Team All-ACC wide receiver Artavis Scott in 2015 after a Second-Team All-ACC season in 2014. • Named one of the top-10 recruiters in the nation by ESPN in 2014, one of the top-14 recruiters in the country by NFL.com in 2014 and one of the top-25 recruiters by Rivals in 2012 and 2014. • Coached First-Team All-ACC and first-team All-America wide receiver Sammy Watkins in 2013. He had a school-record 101 receptions for a school-record 1,464 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also set or tied school career records for receptions (240), receiving yards (3,391) and receiving touchdowns (27). • In 2012, he coached first-round draft pick DeAndre Hopkins to a second-team All-America season. Hopkins had 82 receptions for 1,405 yards and an ACC-record 18 touchdowns, second most in the nation. Hopkins was a Pro Bowl pick with the Houston Texans in 2015. • A member of three bowl teams as a player at Clemson from 2000-02. He played in the 2001 Gator Bowl, 2001 Humanitarian Bowl and 2002 Tangerine Bowl.

• Clemson has a 56-12 record and four top-25 final rankings in his five years on staff. He has also coached a 1,000-yard rusher four times. • A big reason Clemson won the 2011 and 2015 ACC titles, and a major factor in leading the 2015 team to a No. 2 final ranking. • Named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation and a top-10 recruiter in the ACC by Rivals in 2015. • Has coached First-Team All-ACC running back Wayne Gallman, who broke the Clemson single-season rushing mark with 1,527 yards in 2015. • Coached First-Team All-ACC running back Andre Ellington in 2012. • Has played on and coached Clemson teams that have been in the final AP top 25. He played on the 2003 team that finished No. 23. • Entered the business world after his playing days were over at Clemson and worked with Michelin North America for two years. • Earned an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering in 2002, was a First-Team Academic All-ACC selection and a CoSIDA Academic District III member. • Was a co-captain of Clemson’s 2003 team that had a 9-4 record and a No. 22 final ranking. He was also a recipient of an ACC’s Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship.

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Lettered three years (2000-02) as a wide receiver and holder at Clemson.

Lettered four times (2000-03) as a wide receiver at Clemson.

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Degree in secondary education from Clemson in 2003.

Degree in industrial engineering from Clemson in 2002 with a team-high 3.55 GPA.

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Born Nov. 7, 1966 in Irondale, Ala. ... he and his wife, Constance, have three daughters, Maria, Mariah and Camille.

Born Dec. 28, 1980 in Arcadia, Fla. ... he and his wife, Sara, have a daughter, Savannah ... son of former Clemson assistant coach Brad Scott (1999-10).

Born Nov. 26, 1979 in Watsonville, Calif. ... he and his wife, Tamika, have two sons, A.J. and Ace.

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• 6th Season at Clemson • 39th Season Overall • Furman ‘77 • Born Jan. 26, 1954

• 4th Season at Clemson • 12th Season Overall • Boston College ‘94 • Born Aug. 16, 1972

• 3rd Season at Clemson • 11th Season Overall • Clemson ‘99 • Born Jan. 1, 1977

• Has a staff-high 38 years of experience in college coaching and a staff-high 446 college games as a coach. • Clemson has a 56-12 record and five top-25 final rankings in his five seasons. He also has two ACC titles and a national championship game appearance in 2015. • Coached five All-ACC selections in 2015, Clemson’s entire starting five on the offensive line. It was the first time in program history that occurred. Tackle Mitch Hyatt was a unanimous freshman All-American. • Coached offensive tackle Brandon Thomas, a thirdround draft pick, to his second-straight All-ACC season in 2013. Guard Tyler Shatley also earned All-ACC honors in 2013 and played in the NFL in 2014. • In 2012, he coached first-team All-American Dalton Freeman (C) and Thomas, a First-Team All-ACC pick. Freeman was a Rimington Trophy finalist for the second year in a row. • A big reason Clemson won the 2011 and 2015 ACC titles. • Served as Vanderbilt’s head coach in 2010 after eight years as offensive line coach at the school. • Started his coaching career as a student assistant at Furman under Art Baker in 1976 and became a full-time offensive line coach with the Paladins under Dick Sheridan in 1978.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Lettered three years at Furman under Art Baker, including his senior season (1975) when he was named team MVP and offensive captain.

EDUCATION Degree from Furman in 1977.

• Coached first-team All-American Deshaun Watson, Clemson’s first Heisman Trophy finalist, in 2015. Watson became the first player in FBS history with 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a season. • Watson was Clemson’s first recipient of the Davey O’Brien Award and Manning Award. • Helped the 2015 Tigers to 11 straight games with 500 yards of total offense, a school record, and an appearance in the national championship game. • As recruiting coordinator, he spearheaded Clemson’s consensus top-10 class in February 2016. • Came to Clemson as recruiting coordinator and quarterbacks coach in December 2014 after serving three seasons (2012-14) as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Richmond. • Six of the seven teams he worked with as an offensive coordinator from 2008-14 finished the season in the top 25 of the FCS poll. That included the 2014 Richmond team that entered the FCS playoffs ranked No. 16. Five of the last eight teams were conference champions or co-champions. • Served as a graduate assistant at Clemson in 2004 and 2005, when Dabo Swinney was an assistant coach. Streeter worked with quarterback Charlie Whitehurst during those two seasons.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

PLAYING EXPERIENCE

Played at Boston College from 1991-94 ... All-ECAC selection and a Second-Team All-Big East Conference pick in 1993 ... one of four co-captains on the 1994 team.

Played quarterback at Clemson from 1996-99 ... received the inaugural Brandon Streeter Award in 1999.

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Degree in health science from Clemson in 1999 and a master’s degree in human resource development from Clemson in 2001.

Degree in communications with a minor in secondary education from Boston College in 1994.

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Born Jan. 26, 1954 in Pageland, S.C. ... he and his wife, Nora Lynn, have a daughter, Emsley.

Born Aug. 16, 1972 in Wilmington, Del. ... he and his wife, Kimberly, have two daughters, Michaela Rae and Milan Skye.

Born Jan. 1, 1977 ... he and his wife, Ashleigh, have three children, Chamberlin Brooke, Foard Michael and Mason Morgan.

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• Helped the Tigers to the 2015 ACC title and an appearance in the national championship game. • His defensive backs were a big reason the 2015 Tigers were fourth in the nation in third-down conversion percentage defense. • Coached First-Team All-ACC cornerback Mackensie Alexander, Second-Team All-ACC safety Jayron Kearse and Third-Team All-ACC cornerback Cordrea Tankersley in 2015. Alexander and Kearse were also AllAmericans, while that duo and T.J. Green are all on NFL rosters in 2016. • His defensive backs were a big reason the 2014 defense led the nation in total defense (260.8). He also coached cornerback Garry Peters, who was a FirstTeam All-ACC selection. • Was the defensive backs coach at NC State for six seasons (2007-12) and played four bowl games. • Has been an assistant coach at the college level for 10 years and at the NFL level for five seasons. He coached NC State All-American David Amerson, who is third in ACC history in career interceptions (18). As an NFL coach with the Philadelphia Eagles, he worked with former Clemson All-American and ninetime Pro Bowl selection Brian Dawkins. • Played two years in the NFL with the Panthers.

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OL • *So. Pittsburgh, Pa.

WR • So. Wilmington, Del.

DB • *Sr. Seattle, Wash.

TE • Sr. Waynesburg, Pa.

DB • So. Aliquippa, Pa.

LB • *Sr. Turtle Creek, Pa.

LB • *So. Wexford, Pa.

DB • Jr. Detroit, Mich.

QB • *Sr. Jacksonville, Fla.

P • *Jr. Maple Glen, Pa.

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CLEMSON ATHLETICS


CLEMSON # 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 21 22 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 34 36 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 47 47 49 50 50 51 52 55 56 57 57 59 59 62 62 63 67 69 71 73 74 75 76 77 78 80 82 84 85 87 88 90 91 92 92 93 94 99

Player Trayvon Mullen Trevion Thompson Mark Fields Kelly Bryant Artavis Scott Deshaun Watson Shaq Smith Dorian O’Daniel Zerrick Cooper Mike Williams Lasamuel Davis Deon Cain Wayne Gallman Brian Dawkins Jr. Ben Boulware Tucker Israel Shadell Bell Isaiah Simmons K’Von Wallace Nick Schuessler Hunter Renfrow Denzel Johnson Diondre Overton Korrin Wiggins Jordan Leggett Cornell Powell Jadar Johnson T.J. Chase Tanner Muse Adrian Baker Tyshon Dye Xavier Kelly Van Smith Nolan Turner Cordrea Tankersley J.C. Chalk Adam Choice C.J. Fuller Tavien Feaster Marcus Edmond Jalen Williams Ryan Carter Andy Teasdall J.D. Davis Kendall Joseph Ray-Ray McCloud Judah Davis Amir Trapp Jaquarius Brice Grant Radakovich Christian Wilkins Chad Smith Garrett Williams Chris Register James Skalski Alex Spence Richard Yeargin Jabril Robinson Justin Falcinelli Taylor Hearn Austin Spence Tyrone Crowder Scott Pagano Tre Lamar Jay Guillermo Gage Cervenka Bradley Tatko David Estes Cade Stewart Jake Fruhmorgen Albert Huggins Maverick Morris Noah Green Tremayne Anchrum John Simpson Mitch Hyatt Sean Pollard Zach Giella Chandler Reeves Milan Richard Adrien Dunn Cannon Smith Seth Ryan D.J. Greenlee Sean Mac Lain Dexter Lawrence Austin Bryant Greg Huegel Nyles Pinckney Sterling Johnson Carlos Watkins Clelin Ferrell

Pos. CB WR CB QB WR QB LB LB QB WR DE WR RB CB LB QB TE S DB QB WR/P S WR S TE WR S WR S CB RB DE S S CB TE RB RB RB CB LB DB P LB LB WR LB CB DE TE DL LB TE DE LB PK DE DL OL OL LS OG DT LB OL OL LS LS OL OT DT OL OL OT OG OT OT OL OT TE WR TE WR TE WR DT DE PK DT DT DT DE

Hgt. 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-3 5-10 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-0 5-7 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-4 5-11 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-2 5-9 5-10 5-11 6-0 5-10 5-9 5-11 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-1 5-8 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-2 6-4 6-5 6-5 6-5 6-7 6-3 5-7 6-5 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-5

Wgt. 185 200 180 215 190 215 240 215 205 225 210 210 210 175 235 180 220 220 190 200 180 195 200 200 260 200 210 175 220 180 220 265 195 195 200 235 210 215 210 175 215 180 190 225 230 180 235 160 215 255 310 235 245 255 235 195 260 265 315 325 195 340 295 240 310 305 225 200 290 290 305 305 290 290 315 295 315 300 280 260 180 265 180 245 200 340 265 195 295 305 305 265

PITTSBURGH Cl. Fr. *So. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. *Jr. Fr. *Jr. Fr. So. *Jr. Fr. Sr. *Fr. *Fr. Fr. Fr. *Gr. *So. *Fr. Fr. *Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. *Fr. *Jr. *Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. *So. *So. Fr. *Jr. So. *Jr. *Gr. So. *So. So. So. *Fr. Sr. *Gr. So. *Fr. So. *So. Fr. *So. *So. *So. *So. *So. *Fr. *Jr. *Jr. Fr. *Sr. *Fr. Sr. *Sr. Fr. So. So. *Jr. *Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. *Fr. Fr. *So. Sr. *So. *Jr. *Jr. Sr. Fr. So. *So. Fr. *Fr. *Sr. *Fr.

TIGERS vs. PANTHERS

STARTING LINEUPS WHEN CLEMSON HAS THE BALL CLEMSON OFFENSE Pos. LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB WR WR PK

# 75 51 57 55 63 16 7 4 9 13 3 92

Player Mitch Hyatt Taylor Hearn Jay Guillermo Tyrone Crowder Jake Fruhmorgen Jordan Leggett Mike Williams Deshaun Watson Wayne Gallman Hunter Renfrow Artavis Scott Greg Huegel

Pos. DE NT DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB P

# 92 6 52 5 30 47 23 32 9 2 38 18

Player Rori Blair Tyrique Jarrett Shakir Soto Ejuan Price Mike Caprara Matt Galambos Oluwaseun Idowu Phillipie Motley Jordan Whitehead Terrish Webb Ryan Lewis Ryan Winslow

Hgt. 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-5 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-11

Wgt. 295 325 310 340 290 260 225 215 210 180 190 195

Cl. So. *So. *Sr. *Jr. So. Sr. *Jr. Jr. *Jr. *So. Jr. *So.

PITTSBURGH DEFENSE Hgt. 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-0 6-5

Wgt. 245 335 290 255 225 245 215 175 190 195 200 210

Cl. Jr. Sr. Sr. *Sr. *Sr. Sr. *So. *So. So. Sr. *Sr. *Jr.

WHEN PITTSBURGH HAS THE BALL PITTSBURGH OFFENSE Pos. LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB TB FB WR PK

# 69 53 63 78 70 83 85 4 24 35 10 12

Player Adam Bisnowaty Dorian Johnson Alex Officer Alex Bookser Brian O’Neill Scott Orndoff Jester Weah Nathan Peterman James Conner George Aston Quadree Henderson Chris Blewitt

Pos. DE DT DT DE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB P

# 42 94 90 99 6 34 10 31 18 23 25 32

Player Christian Wilkins Carlos Watkins Dexter Lawrence Clelin Ferrell Dorian O’Daniel Kendall Joseph Ben Boulware Ryan Carter Jadar Johnson Van Smith Cordrea Tankersley Andy Teasdall

Hgt. 6-6 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-0 5-8 5-9

Wgt. 305 315 335 315 300 255 210 225 235 245 190 195

Cl. *Sr. Sr. *Jr. *So. *So. Sr. *Jr. *Sr. *Jr. *So. So. Sr.

Wgt. 310 305 340 265 215 230 235 180 210 195 200 190

Cl. So. *Sr. Fr. *Fr. *Jr. *So. Sr. *Jr. Sr. So. Sr. *Gr.

CLEMSON DEFENSE Hgt. 6-4 6-3 6-5 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-11

# 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 37 38 39 40 40 41 43 45 45 46 47 48 52 53 53 55 56 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 69 70 70 72 74 76 77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 92 93 94 96 97 98

Player Maurice Ffrench Terrish Webb Ben DiNucci Damar Hamlin Bam Bradley Nathan Peterman Ejuan Price Tre Tipton Tyrique Jarrett Aaron Mathews Thomas MacVittie Manny Stocker Jordan Whitehead Keyshon Camp Quadree Henderson Ruben Flowers III Dane Jackson Chris Blewitt Avonte Maddox Reggie Mitchell Therran Coleman Rashad Weaver Ryan Winslow Dontez Ford Dennis Briggs Malik Henderson Darrin Hall Oluwaseun Idowu James Conner Chawntez Moss Bricen Garner Anthony McKee Jr. Rachid Ibrahim Mike Caprara Jaymar Parrish Phillipie Motley Amir Watts George Aston Qadree Ollison Ryan Lewis Saleem Brightwell Colton Lively James Folston Jr. Jalen Williams Jay Stocker Devon Edwards Nick Goldsmith Rimoni Dorsey Matt Galambos Kellen McAlone Shakir Soto Dorian Johnson Brian Popp Jaryd Jones-Smith Brandon Ford Quintin Wirginis Tony Pilato Aaron Reese Pat Quirin John Guy Alex Officer Aaron Britton Mike Herndon Adam Bisnowaty Calvin Hamilton Brian O’Neill Carson Baker Alex Paulina Connor Dintino Alex Galiyas Alex Bookser Zach Challingsworth Nathan Bossory Rafael Araujo-Lopes Scott Orndoff Zach Poker Jester Weah Rori Blair Shane Roy Jeremiah Taleni Allen Edwards Alex Kessman DeAndre Schifino

Pos. WR DB QB DB LB QB DL WR DL WR QB QB DB DL WR WR DB PK DB DB DB DL P WR DB DB RB LB RB RB DB LB RB LB TE/FB DB DL FB RB DB LB FB DL LB DB TE P DB LB WR DL OL LB OL OL LB OL OL LS OL OL OL DL OL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR TE/LS WR TE TE WR DL DL DL DL PK TE

Hgt. 5-11 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-2 5-11 6-4 5-8 6-3 6-0 5-9 5-9 6-0 6-0 6-5 6-5 6-2 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-0 6-7 6-5 6-2 6-5 6-5 6-1 6-7 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-6 6-0 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-2 6-3 5-9 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2

Wgt. 185 195 215 185 220 225 255 190 335 195 225 215 190 275 190 190 180 195 175 200 190 255 210 210 190 185 225 215 235 210 175 210 195 225 260 175 270 245 230 200 210 240 245 215 185 255 210 190 245 205 290 315 235 325 300 240 320 310 230 310 335 280 315 305 315 300 320 315 310 290 315 195 235 185 255 240 210 245 280 290 245 180 235

Cl. Fr. Sr. *Fr. Fr. *Sr. *Sr. *Sr. *Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. *Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. *Fr. Sr. Jr. *Sr. Fr. Fr. *Jr. *Sr. *So. *Fr. So. *So. *Jr. Fr. Fr. *Fr. *Jr. *Sr. Sr. *So. Fr. *So. *So. *Sr. *Fr. *Jr. *So. *So. *Fr. *Jr. *So. *Fr. Sr. *So. Sr. Sr. *So. *Jr. Fr. Jr. *Fr. *Jr. *Sr. *Sr. *Jr. *Fr. *So. *Sr. *Fr. *So. *Jr. *Fr. *So. *So. *So. *Jr. Jr. *So. Sr. *Jr. *Jr. Jr. *So. *Jr. *Jr. Fr. *Fr.

OFFICIALS Referee Duane Heydt Center Judge Donald Yates Umpire Jim Hyson Head Linesman Mike Pavese Line Judge Danny Short Side Judge Tony Tarantini

Field Judge Milton Britton Back Judge Hans Wittelsberger TV Liaison Rick Walton Replay Official Joe Rider Communicator Steve Fredrickson

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2016 OPPONENT RESULTS & SCHEDULES AUBURN (7-2) Opponent Clemson Arkansas State * Texas A&M * Louisiana State Louisiana-Monroe * at Mississippi State * Arkansas * at Mississippi * Vanderbilt

W-L L W L W W W W W W

TROY (7-1) Score 13-19 51-14 16-29 18-13 58-7 38-14 56-3 40-29 23-16

Date Opponent Time 11-12 * at Georgia 3:30 p.m. 11-19 * Alabama A&M 11-26 * at Alabama

NC STATE (4-5) Opponent William & Mary at East Carolina Old Dominion * Wake Forest Notre Dame * at Clemson * at Louisville * Boston College * Florida State

W-L W L W W W L(OT) L L L

Opponent Austin Peay at Clemson at Southern Mississippi * New Mexico State * at Idaho * Georgia State * at South Alabama Massachusetts Date 11-12 11-17 11-26 12-3

SC STATE (3-5)

W-L W L W W W W W W

Score 57-17 24-30 37-31 52-6 34-13 31-21 28-21 52-31

Opponent Time * Appalachian State 3:30 p.m. * Arkansas State 9:30 p.m. * at Texas State 4 p.m. * at Georgia Southern 1 p.m.

FLORIDA STATE (6-3) Score 48-14 30-33 49-22 33-16 10-3 17-24 13-54 14-21 20-24

Date Opponent Time 11-12 * at Syracuse 12:30 p.m. 11-19 * Miami (Fla.) 11-25 * at North Carolina

Opponent Mississippi Charleston Southern * at Louisville at South Florida * North Carolina * at Miami (Fla.) * Wake Forest * Clemson * at NC State Date Opponent 11-11 * Boston College 11-19 * at Syracuse 11-26 Florida

W-L W W L W L W W L W

Score 45-34 52-8 20-63 55-35 35-37 20-19 17-6 34-37 24-20

Time 7:30 p.m.

Opponent at Central Florida at Louisiana Tech at Clemson * at Florida A&M * at Howard * Delaware State * at Hampton * at North Carolina A&T Date Opponent 11-12 * Norfolk State 11-19 * Savannah State 11-26 * Bethune-Cookman

W-L L L L W W W L L

GEORGIA TECH (5-4) Score 0-38 24-53 0-59 48-14 14-9 30-3 26-28 20-30

Time 2 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

SYRACUSE (4-5) Opponent Colgate * Louisville South Florida at Connecticut Notre Dame * at Wake Forest * Virginia Tech * at Boston College * at Clemson

W-L W L L W L L W W L

Opponent * Boston College Mercer Vanderbilt * Clemson * Miami (Fla.) * at Pittsburgh Georgia Southern * Duke * at North Carolina Date Opponent 11-12 * at Virginia Tech 11-19 * Virginia 11-26 at Georgia

W-L W W W L L L W W L

Score 17-14 35-10 38-7 7-26 21-35 34-37 35-24 38-35 20-48

Time 3:30 p.m.

PITTSBURGH (5-4) Score 33-7 28-62 20-45 31-24 33-50 9-28 31-17 28-20 0-54

Opponent Villanova Penn State at Oklahoma State * at North Carolina Marshall * Georgia Tech * at Virginia * Virginia Tech * at Miami (Fla.)

Date Opponent Time 11-12 * NC State 12:30 p.m. 11-19 * Florida State 11-26 * at Pittsburgh

Date Opponent 11-12 * at Clemson 11-19 * Duke 11-26 * Syracuse

W-L W W L L W W W L L

Score 28-7 42-39 38-45 36-37 43-27 37-34 45-31 36-39 28-51

Time 3:30 p.m.

* - conference regular-season game; Note: All times are EST; home games in bold.

LOUISVILLE (8-1) Opponent Charlotte * at Syracuse * Florida State at Marshall * at Clemson * Duke * NC State * at Virginia * at Boston College

W-L W W W W L W W W W

Date Opponent 11-12 * Wake Forest 11-17 at Houston 11-26 Kentucky

BOSTON COLLEGE (4-5) Score 70-14 62-28 63-20 59-28 36-42 24-14 54-13 32-25 52-7

Opponent * Georgia Tech at Massachusetts * at Virginia Tech Wagner Buffalo * Clemson * Syracuse * at NC State * Louisville

Time 7 p.m. 8 p.m.

Date Opponent Time 11-11 * at Florida State 7:30 p.m. 11-19 Connecticut 11-26 * at Wake Forest

WAKE FOREST (6-3) Opponent Tulane * at Duke Delaware at Indiana * at NC State * Syracuse * at Florida State Army * Virginia

W-L W W W W L W L L W

Date Opponent 11-12 * at Louisville 11-19 * Clemson 11-26 * Boston College

W-L L W L W W L L W L

Score 14-17 26-7 0-49 42-10 35-3 10-56 20-28 21-14 7-52

SOUTH CAROLINA (5-4)

Score 7-3 24-14 38-21 33-28 16-33 28-9 6-17 13-21 27-20

Opponent * at Vanderbilt * at Mississippi State East Carolina * at Kentucky * Texas A&M * Georgia Massachusetts * Tennessee * Missouri

W-L W L W L L L W W W

Time 7 p.m.

Date Opponent 11-12 * at Florida 11-19 Western Carolina 11-26 at Clemson

Score 13-10 14-27 20-15 10-17 13-24 14-28 34-28 24-21 31-21 Time Noon


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2011-13 FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN

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FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS

Year Player Pos. 1939 Banks McFadden B 1940 Joe Blalock E 1941 Joe Blalock E 1945 Ralph Jenkins C 1948 Bobby Gage B 1950 Jackie Calvert S 1959 Lou Cordileone OL 1966 Wayne Mass OL 1967 Harry Olszewski OG 1970 Dave Thompson OG 1974 Bennie Cunningham TE 1975 Bennie Cunningham TE 1977 Joe Bostic OG 1978 Joe Bostic OG Jerry Butler WR 1979 Jim Stuckey DT 1981 Jeff Davis LB Terry Kinard FS Perry Tuttle WR 1982 * Terry Kinard FS 1983 William Perry MG 1984 William Perry MG 1986 Terrence Flagler RB John Phillips OG 1987 Michael Dean Perry DT David Treadwell PK Donnell Woolford CB 1988 Donnell Woolford CB 1989 Stacy Long OT 1990 Stacy Long OT 1991 Rob Bodine MG Jeb Flesch OG Levon Kirkland LB Ed McDaniel LB 1993 Stacy Seegars OG 1996 Anthony Simmons LB 1997 Anthony Simmons LB 1998 Antwan Edwards CB 1999 Keith Adams LB 2000 Keith Adams LB Rod Gardner WR 2004 Leroy Hill LB 2005 Tye Hill CB 2006 * Gaines Adams DE 2007 Barry Richardson OT 2009 DeAndre McDaniel S * C.J. Spiller RB 2010 * Da’Quan Bowers DE 2011 Dwayne Allen TE Sammy Watkins WR 2012 Tajh Boyd QB Dalton Freeman C Sammy Watkins WR 2013 Vic Beasley DE Sammy Watkins WR 2014 Vic Beasley DE 2015 Jayron Kearse S Shaq Lawson DE Deshaun Watson QB * - unanimous first-team All-American

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Pos. Pick Team B 4 Dodgers RB 6 Steelers L 12 Giants TE 28 Steelers WR 5 Bills QB 23 Chiefs DT 20 49ers DT 6 Seahawks WR 19 Bills FS 10 Giants MG 22 Bears TB 25 49ers CB 11 Bears DT 16 Raiders OLB 15 Packers DE 28 Broncos ILB 15 Seahawks CB 25 Packers WR 15 Redskins CB 15 Rams DE 4 Buccaneers RB 9 Bills WR 27 Texans WR 4 Bills DE 8 Falcons LB 31 Saints DE 19 Bills

FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS

Year Player 1939 Banks McFadden 1949 Bobby Gage 1960 Lou Cordileone 1976 Bennie Cunningham 1979 Jerry Butler Steve Fuller 1980 Jim Stuckey 1982 Jeff Bryant Perry Tuttle 1983 Terry Kinard 1985 William Perry 1987 Terrence Flagler 1989 Donnell Woolford 1992 Chester McGlockton 1993 Wayne Simmons 1997 Trevor Pryce 1998 Anthony Simmons 1999 Antwan Edwards 2001 Rod Gardner 2006 Tye Hill 2007 Gaines Adams 2010 C.J. Spiller 2013 DeAndre Hopkins 2014 Sammy Watkins 2015 Vic Beasley Stephone Anthony 2016 Shaq Lawson

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$1,062,528,346 We broke every record, surpassed every goal. Thousands of Clemson alumni, friends, faculty, staff, students, parents, organizations and corporations helped us surpass our $1 billion goal — the largest goal ever achieved by a public university with an alumni base our size — you helped to make this the largest fundraising effort in the state of South Carolina. Clemson Tigers are All In and it shows. Every gift — from coins in a bucket to milliondollar endowments — is transforming lives and impacting the future of our University, our state, our nation and our world. Your support will allow current and future generations of students the opportunity for a quality education and ensure a strong Clemson today, tomorrow and forever.

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Player Pos. Year(s) Team Dan Benish DT 1987 Redskins Jeff Bostic C 1982,87,91 Redskins Dwight Clark WR 1981,84 49ers Bennie Cunningham TE 1978,79 Steelers Ty Davis CB 1986 Giants Nick Eason DT 2008 Steelers Terrence Flagler RB 1988,89 49ers Steve Fuller QB 1985 Bears Chris Gardocki P 2005 Steelers Andy Headen LB 1986 Giants Tony Horne WR 1999 Rams Terry Kinard FS 1986 Giants Bill Mathis RB 1968 Jets Byron Maxwell CB 2013 Seahawks Dexter McCleon CB 1999 Rams John McMakin TE 1974 Steelers William Perry MG 1985 Bears Trevor Pryce DT 1997,98 Broncos Archie Reese DT 1981 49ers Wayne Simmons LB 1996 Packers Jim Stuckey DT 1981,84 49ers James Trapp DB 2000 Ravens Anthony Waters LB 2009 Saints Charlie Waters S 1971,77 Cowboys Note: Years reflect regular seasons.

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Year Player Pos. Team 1952 Ray Mathews HB Steelers 1955 Ray Mathews HB Steelers 1961 Bill Hudson DT Chargers Bill Mathis RB Jets Harold Olson OT Bills 1963 Bill Mathis RB Jets 1976 Charlie Waters S Cowboys 1977 Charlie Waters S Cowboys 1978 Charlie Waters S Cowboys 1980 Jerry Butler WR Bills 1981 Dwight Clark WR 49ers 1982 Dwight Clark WR 49ers 1983 Jeff Bostic C Redskins 1985 Dale Hatcher P Rams Kevin Mack RB Browns 1987 Kevin Mack RB Browns 1988 Terry Kinard S Giants Johnny Rembert LB Patriots 1989 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns Johnny Rembert LB Patriots David Treadwell PK Broncos 1990 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns 1991 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns 1993 Michael Dean Perry DT Browns Donnell Woolford CB Bears 1994 Chester McGlockton DT Raiders Michael Dean Perry DT Browns 1995 Chester McGlockton DT Raiders 1996 Terry Allen TB Redskins Chris Gardocki P Colts Levon Kirkland LB Steelers Chester McGlockton DT Raiders Michael Dean Perry DT Broncos 1997 Levon Kirkland LB Steelers Chester McGlockton DT Raiders 1998 Ed McDaniel LB Vikings 1999 Brian Dawkins S Eagles Trevor Pryce DT Broncos 2000 Trevor Pryce DT Broncos 2001 Brian Dawkins S Eagles Trevor Pryce DT Broncos 2002 Brian Dawkins S Eagles Trevor Pryce DT Broncos 2004 Brian Dawkins S Eagles 2005 Brian Dawkins S Eagles 2006 Brian Dawkins S Eagles Justin Miller KR Jets 2008 Brian Dawkins S Eagles 2009 Brian Dawkins S Broncos 2011 Brian Dawkins S Broncos 2012 C.J. Spiller RB Bills 2015 DeAndre Hopkins WR Texans Note: Years reflect regular seasons.

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lemson’s Memorial Stadium has been held in high esteem for many years. Whether it be players from the 1940s and 1950s, opposing players from the 1970s and 1980s or even professional players in the 1990s, the ambiance of this special setting is what college football is all about. And in 2013, Bleacher Report rated Memorial Stadium as the third-best stadium in the nation. The storied edifice added to its legend when the first meeting of father-and-son head coaches (Bowden Bowl I) took place before a record crowd of 86,092 fans in 1999. Clemson has been in the top 20 in the nation in average attendance 34 straight seasons. A crowd has exceeded 80,000 fans 70 times since the 1983 season. In 2015, Clemson was 14th in the nation in average home attendance. The legend was further enhanced in 2014 and 2015 when the Tigers had perfect 7-0 home records. Defending national champions are 0-3 all-time at Memorial Stadium. Clemson had a 13game winning streak at home from 2011 to 2012, setting a record for the facility. The Tigers entered the 2016 season with 33 wins in their last 35 home games and a school-record 16-game winning streak. The facility’s mystique is derived from its many traditions, which date to its opening in 1942, the legendary games and players, and Clemson’s corresponding rate of success. The Tigers have won 282 games in 74 years and have won over 73 percent of the contests (282-101-7). The stadium has definitely been good to the Tigers, but it was constructed against the advice of at least one coach. Before head coach Jess Neely left for Rice after the 1939 season, he gave Clemson a message.

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“Don’t ever let them talk you into building a big stadium,” he said. “Put about 10,000 seats behind the YMCA. That’s all you’ll ever need.” Instead of following Neely’s advice, Clemson officials decided to build the new stadium in a valley on the western part of campus. The place took some clearing, as there were many trees, but luckily there were no hedges. The crews went to work, clearing, cutting, pouring and forming. On Sept. 19, 1942, Memorial Stadium opened with Clemson defeating Presbyterian College 32-13. Those 20,000 seats installed for the opener would soon grow. When the original part of the stadium was built in the early 1940s, much of the work was done by scholarship athletes, including football players. The first staking out of the stadium was done by two members of the football team, A.N. Cameron and Hugh Webb. Webb returned to Clemson years later to be an architecture professor and Cameron went on to become a civil engineer in Louisiana. The construction of Memorial Stadium did not proceed without problems. One afternoon during the clearing of the land, a young player proudly announced that he was not allergic to poison oak. He then proceeded to attack the poison oak with a swing blade, throwing the plants to and fro. The next day, the boy was swollen twice his size and was hospitalized. There are many other stories about the stadium, including one that Frank Howard put a chew of tobacco in each corner as the concrete poured. Howard said that the seeding of the grass caused a few problems. “About 40 people and I laid sod on the field,” he said. “After three weeks on July 15, we had only gotten halfway through.

“I told them that it had taken us three weeks to get that far and I would give them three more weeks’ pay for however long it took. I also told them we would have 50 gallons of ice cream when we got through. After that, it took them three days to do

the rest of the field. Then we sat down in the middle of the field and ate up that whole 50 gallons.” Howard said that on the day of the first game in the stadium, “the gates were hung at 1 p.m., and we played at 2 p.m.” But that


would be all of the construction for awhile. Then in 1958, 18,000 sideline seats were added, and in 1960, 5,658 West endzone seats were added in response to increasing attendance. With the large East endzone (“Green Grass” section), this expansion increased capacity to 53,000. Later, upper decks were added to each side of Memorial Stadium as crowds swelled, the first in 1978 and the second in 1983. It increased capacity to over 80,000, which makes it one of the largest on-campus stadiums in the country. In 2006, the WestZone was added, an area that contains locker rooms, offices, a weight room and luxury club level that holds over 1,000 seats. The effect that inflation has had can be dramatically seen in the differences in stadium construction. The original part of Memorial Stadium was built at a cost of only $125,000, or $6.25 per seat. Memorial Stadium’s newest upper deck was finished in 1983 at a cost of $13.5 million, or $866 per seat. Through the years, Memorial Stadium has become known as “Death Valley” across the country. It was tagged by Presbyterian College head coach Lonnie McMillian during the late 1940s. After bringing his teams to Clemson for many years and getting whipped, he said the place was like “Death Valley.” A few years later, the name stuck. In 1974, the playing surface was named Frank Howard Field for the legendary coach because of his long service and dedication to Clemson University. Luckily, it wasn’t built behind the YMCA.

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THE HILL A CLEMSON TRADITION SINCE 1942, THE TIGERS HAVE RUN DOWN THE HILL HUNDREDS OF TIMES IN FRONT OF RAUCOUS DEATH VALLEY CROWDS.

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hat has been described as “the most exciting 25 seconds in college football” from a color and pageantry standpoint actually started out as a matter-of-fact entrance, mainly because of necessity. The first 20,000 seats in Memorial Stadium were built and ready for use before the 1942 season, less than a year after Pearl Harbor was bombed and the U.S., was drawn into World War II. The shortest entry into Memorial Stadium was a short walk down Williamson Road from Fike Fieldhouse’s dressing rooms to a gate at the top of the Hill, located behind the East endzone. There

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were no dressing facilities inside the West endzone of Memorial Stadium...there was only a giant clock, where the hands turned, and a scoreboard that was operated by hand. The team would dress in Fike Fieldhouse, walk down Williamson Road, come in the gate underneath where the scoreboard now stands and jog down the Hill for its warmup exercises. There was no fanfare, no cannon shot fired, no Tiger Paw flag, no “Tiger Rag” played...just the team making its entrance and lining up to do the side-straddle hop. That is the way things went for the next 25 years. Either in 1964 or 1965, Sam Jones, a member of the class of 1919, made a

trip to California. He stopped at a spot in Death Valley, Calif., and picked up a white flint rock. He presented it to head coach Frank Howard as being from Death Valley, California to Death Valley, South Carolina. The rock laid on the floor in Howard’s office in Fike Fieldhouse for years. One day, he was cleaning up his office and told Gene Willimon, who was executive secretary of IPTAY, to “take this rock and throw it over the fence or out in the ditch...do something with it, but get it out of my office!” Willimon did not think that was the way a rock should be treated. After all, it had been brought over 1,900 miles by a very sincere Tiger fan.

By the mid 1960s, Memorial Stadium was living up to its moniker (“Death Valley”) because of the number of Tiger wins that had been recorded there. Actually, the name was first used by Lonnie McMillian, head coach at Presbyterian College during the 1940s. McMillian and the other Blue Hose coaches before him opened each season by playing at Clemson. Seldom scoring (24 shutouts in 39 games) and with only three wins and four ties, his teams were getting “killed” by the Tigers regularly. In 1948, McMillian made the remark to the press that he was taking his team to play Clemson in “Death Valley.” An occasional reference to Memorial Stadium


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by that name could be heard the next four years, but when Howard started calling it “Death Valley” in the 1950s, the name took off like wildfire. Clemson celebrated its 74th year in the “Valley” in 2015 with a 7-0 home record, one of 12 FBS schools with a perfect home record. But getting back to Howard’s Rock. It was mounted on a pedestal at the top of the Hill on the East side of the stadium. It was unveiled Sept. 24, 1966, when Clemson played Virginia. The Tigers trailed by 18 points with 17 minutes left and came back to win 40-35 on a 75yard pass from Jimmy Addison to Jacky Jackson in the fourth quarter. That was quite a debut for Howard’s Rock.

The team members started rubbing Howard’s Rock prior to running down the Hill on Sept. 23, 1967, a day when Clemson defeated Wake Forest 23-6. Prior to running down the Hill, Howard told his players, “If you’re going to give me 110 percent, you can rub that rock. If you’re not, keep your filthy hands off it!” Howard told of the incident the following day on his television show, and the story became legend. When Hootie Ingram succeeded Howard as head coach in 1970, he made the logical decision that the team would make its final entrance out of the new dressing room in the West endzone. In all home games during the 1970 and 1971

seasons and the first four games of 1972 when the Tigers did not run down the Hill, their combined record was 6-9. The seniors, led by Ben Anderson, decided they wanted to come down the Hill prior to the South Carolina contest, the finale of the 1972 season. The result, in a cold, freezing rain, was a 7-6 victory when Jimmy Williamson knocked down a two-point conversion attempt, which preserved the narrow win. Clemson has made the entrance before every home game since 1942, except for the years mentioned and the first game of 1973 (381 times entering 2016). After final warmups, the team gathers back in its dressing room under the West

endzone stands for its final game instructions. Approximately 10 minutes prior to kickoff, the team boards three buses, rides around behind the North stands to the East endzone and disembarks to the top of the Hill behind Howard’s Rock. At the appointed time, the cannon booms, and led by a giant Tiger Paw flag carried by cheerleaders and Rally Cats, the band forms two lines for the team to run between and strikes up “Tiger Rag.” The frenzy starts in all sincerity and usually lasts three hours. It is a tradition that has inspired Clemson players for many years. Yahoo! Sports agrees, as it rated it the best entrance in the nation in 2014.

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new era of Clemson football is officially underway. Head coach Dabo Swinney and director of athletics Dan Radakovich held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new football operations complex adjacent to the indoor practice facility in December 2015. In only a few short months, the 140,000 square foot facility has taken root on the west side of the indoor practice area, springing to life one of the nation’s premier complexes for football operations. The targeted completion for the $55 million project is early 2017. The complex will include all the elements needed to run the day-to-day operations - locker room, training room, equipment room, weight room, meeting rooms, dining hall, recruiting center and coaches offices. The plans for the new facility include a dedicated space for player development, which is currently housed in a small area where associate athletic director Jeff Davis works in the WestZone. The uniqueness of the facility does not end there. Inside, the main lobby of the operations complex will house a replica of the Hill, complete with a “Rock” at the top, that will provide a significant boost in terms of recruiting visits. The complex will also utilize plenty of outdoor space, by incorporating the geography from the Seneca River and the surrounding area. One of the biggest advantages the new facility offers is the chance to bring all of the program facets together in close proximity. “We’ve put our guys on trams yearround across the street, and there’s always a little bit of a disconnect when they’re over there and we’re in the WestZone in the summer,” said Swinney. “This allows us to have a football operations center where it all happens - the practice, the indoor facility, everything. You’re with players and interacting with them all the time. “Then on gameday, when you walk in that locker room, it’s special...seven days a year.”

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hen fans envision an indoor practice facility like the one that was completed for the Tiger football team in 2013, certain stereotypes come to mind. Common perceptions are largely simplistic in nature, and the idea that a facility that is solely for game preparation, out of the gaze of onlookers and carries a large amount of importance seems crazy. But the facility was never about football alone. In fact, the

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a long coaches platform so that practice can be viewed from above. In addition, by way of a short corridor, the platform extends to the back side of the building, so that any drills taking place outside on the other two fields can be seen from the building. The indoor facility, which includes more than 5,000 square feet of support, will adjoin the new football operations complex, specifically the new weight room, when the project is completed.

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he WestZone at Memorial Stadium, completed in 2009, has 150,000 square feet of space, among the nation’s largest facilities dedicated solely for football. The equipment room was expanded to include, among other items, new offices and a new laundry room that encompasses approximately 6,000 square feet of space. The football staff offices and meeting rooms are composed of approximately 4,000 square feet of existing space and more than 18,000 square feet of new space. The facility includes offices for the head coach, assistant coaches and support staff along with position meeting rooms and a 150-seat auditorium with a sloped floor and theater seating. The training room, located on the north side of the home team’s locker room, was expanded to include a hydrotherapy room, offices and examination rooms. The training room is 6,200 square feet as well. Prior to the 2012 season, over 8,000 square feet of enclosed space was added on the second level, which houses “The Paw,” Clemson’s training table. In the summer of 2014, WestZone underwent further renovations, including refurbishing of the recruiting areas and added graphics. Moving all football operations to the WestZone opened up space in the Jervey and McFadden Buildings for the other 18 Clemson sports to improve their facilities for recruiting and have more office, training, conditioning and sports medicine space. This has enhanced the performance of Tiger athletics and the 19 programs, both on and off the field of competition.

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Architects, Engineers & Business Friends Working For The Future Of Clemson

800 associates

at our Spartanburg, SC global headquarters EMPLOYING TIGERS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

www.AFLglobal.com

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Asheboro (336) 625-0917 Spartanburg (864) 579-1577 www.utilitytec.com

147-B Dublin Square Road PO Box 2629 Asheboro, NC 27204

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Andrea Hartranft, IALD Principal

Lighting Design

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More than 50% of Clemson students who partcipate in AFL’s

intern/co-op program are

hired full-time


VICKERY Hall CLEMSON’S INNOVATIVE AND IMITATED VICKERY HALL WAS THE NATION’S FIRST STAND-ALONE FACILITY BUILT SOLELY TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TO STUDENT-ATHLETES. IT HAS HELPED THE TIGER FOOTBALL PROGRAM SET NEW STANDARDS FOR SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM AND GRADUATION RATES.

S

ince its inception in 1991, the department of athletic academic services, located in Vickery Hall, has provided Clemson student-athletes a continued commitment to excellence in its pursuit of an elite college education. Vickery Hall has a staff of 18 fulltime members, one graduate assistant and over 100 tutors, mentors and strategic tutors. Our mission is to address the total student-athlete by coaching our student-athletes to success in the academic, athletic and career arenas. Clemson University has a long-standing vision and commitment to the personal and academic growth and development of its student-athletes. That vision established Vickery Hall, which was the first stand-alone facility in the country constructed solely to provide academic support to student-athletes. The 27,000 square-foot, two-story, $3 million structure is an aesthetically impressive structure that provides premier academic support and services.

Vickery Hall and its dedicated to providing a cational experience by environment of respect,

programs are holistic, eduinspiring an integrity and

excellence. Under the direction of the associate athletic director for athletic academic services, Steve Duzan, the staff guides and encourages each indi-

vidual to reach his or her full potential as a student, athlete and citizen. As an original member of the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program, Vickery Hall, in conjunction with the department of student-athlete development, provides opportunities and services to address the changing needs and skills of student-athletes during college, as well as after graduation. The program has a strong tradition of success and was selected for the FBS Athletic Director’s Association “Program of Excellence” award, recognizing CHAMPS/Life Skills excellence. The Vickery Hall staff is a major reason the Clemson football team is the only program in the nation to finish in the top 25 of both polls on the field and in the top-10 percent in terms of APR scores in the classroom each of the last five seasons. Clemson is also one of only three FBS programs in the top-10 percent each of the last six years in terms of APR scores, joining Duke and Northwestern.

A TOTAL OF 129 OF THE 135 SENIOR LETTERMEN (96 PERCENT) IN DABO SWINNEY’S SEVEN FULL YEARS AS HEAD COACH HAVE GRADUATED, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO VICKERY HALL. THE OTHER SIX WHO HAVE NOT GRADUATED ARE EITHER IN SCHOOL OR ON NFL ROSTERS.

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uzts & Associates, Inc. Debra Ouzts, MPH, CPC President & CEO

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COMPLIANCE T

Ask Before You Act!

his brief NCAA rules education is aimed at outlining basic rules to help potential students-athletes, parents and boosters better understand the regulations. Clemson University is committed to recruiting and conducting our athletic program with the highest level of integrity. If you have any questions, contact our compliance services office at 864-6561580, compliance-L@clemson.edu or visit our website (ClemsonTigers.com) for more information.

ARE YOU A BOOSTER? The NCAA definition of a “representative of athletics interest” generally encompasses most individuals who regularly attend Clemson sporting events (reminder - once a representative, always a representative). Specifically, a booster, or “representative of athletics interests,” is any individual, independent agency, corporate entity or other organization that is presently or has ever: • Participated in promoting the institution’s athletic program (such as buying season tickets to sporting events). • Assisted in providing benefits (such as summer employment) to enrolled student-athletes. • Assisted or been requested by the department of athletics staff to assist in the recruitment of prospective studentathletes.

CUAD MISSION STATEMENT The department of athletics offers nationally prominent athletic programs. Through a dedicated commitment to educational interests, a competitive athletic program and integrity in all areas, the student-athletes, coaches and staff strive to bring credit and recognition to Clemson University. The mission of the athletic department is to sponsor a broad-based athletic program that provides educational and athletic opportunities for young men and women to grow, develop and serve the interests of Clemson University by complementing and enhancing its diversity and quality of life. Furthermore, the athletic department seeks to be a source of pride for the citizens of the state of South Carolina and to be recognized as a nationally prominent program, through consistently high levels of performance and accomplishment in athletic competitions. The athletic department strives to develop student-athletes academically and athletically with the total commitment of aiding their efforts to graduate from Clemson University and advance to careers that will enable them to be productive members of society. The athletic department will act in an ethical and honest manner, dedicated to compliance with all federal, state, NCAA, conference and university rules and regulations.

• Attended Clemson University. • Contributed to the department of athletics or IPTAY. • Participated in or been a member of IPTAY. • Been otherwise involved in the Clemson University athletics program.

ASK BEFORE YOU ACT Prospective student-athletes may... • Identify outstanding potential studentathletes in your area and forward information, such as newspaper articles, to the coach of that sport at Clemson. • Continue to establish friendships with friends and neighbors, even those with prospect-aged children. However, contact with those for recruiting purposes is prohibited. • Attend, on your own initiative, events such as games and banquets where prospective student-athletes are present as long as you do not contact the prospect(s) or their family for recruiting purposes. • Answer a call from a prospective student-athlete (you may not initiate the call) regarding only Clemson University in general, but not about Tiger athletics. Please promptly inform compliance services or the coach should this situation arise. • Make donations to a high school if it is located in your community, the donation is not made at the request of Clemson or Clemson coaches and the funds are distributed through established channels and not directed towards a specific student-athlete. Current student-athletes may... • Continue to come out and support student-athletes at Clemson athletic events. • Provide summer employment to student-athletes, but only if you contact Clemson’s office of compliance servic-

es (compliance-L@clemson.edu) first and the student-athlete is compensated for work actually performed at a rate commensurate with the going rate in the locality for similar services.

ACTIVITIES THAT HARM PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETES You may not... • Contact (including phone calls, texts, email) or interact with a prospective student-athlete or family members for the purpose of persuading them to attend Clemson University. • Contact coaches, teachers, guidance counselors or other school administrators in order to gain information on prospective student-athletes. • Make contact with a prospective student-athlete or the prospect’s family during official or unofficial visits. • Provide any other extra benefits to a prospective student-athlete, family, friends or their coaches. • Provide prospective student-athletes or their family and friends transportation or financial assistance.

ACTIVITIES THAT HARM CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETES You may not... • Generally provide benefits that are not available to other members of the Clemson student body. • Provide extra benefits to student-athletes or their family and friends. Examples of prohibited benefits include (but not limited to): • Gifts of money, awards, food/drinks, occasional meals or other tangible items. • Free or reduced housing agreements. • Loans of money or automobiles. • Providing transportation for the student-athlete or their family and friends.

CONTACT INFORMATION Email compliance-L@clemson.edu Phone 864-656‑1580 Fax 864-656‑1243 Mailing Address P.O. Box 31; Clemson, S.C. 29633 Overnight Address Jervey Athletic Center; 100 Perimeter Road; Clemson, S.C. 29633 Website ClemsonTigers.com

• Professional services without charge or at a discount. • Promises of employment or loans following college graduation. • Sending student-athletes items to be autographed and returned or using autographed items to raise funds for high schools. • Use of ATM, credit or other types of gift cards. • Use the name/image of a current student-athlete to advertise, recommend or promote products and services.

CONSEQUENCES Violations of these NCAA, ACC and University policies can result in severe penalties, including: • Disassociation - Clemson University may permanently disassociate itself with an athletic booster. You could lose the privilege of purchasing season tickets, the privilege of being an IPTAY member or any other Clemson athleticrelated benefit deemed appropriate. • Harm to Enrolled Student-Athlete - Violations can also result in the enrolled student-athlete or entire team being unable to compete for Clemson University.

SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING Please notify compliance services immediately of any potential violations involving Clemson University.

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JACOB ADDISON Trades Specialist, Athletic Grounds

ROBERTA BALLIET

JON ALLEN

JAMES ALLISON

Assistant Athletic Director, Event Management

Director of Aviation Operations & Chief Pilot

K.C. BELL

IDA BENSON

Administrative Coordinator, Olympic Sports

Assistant Supervisor of Athletic Grounds

Human Resource Partner

DR. LARRY BOWMAN

DONNA BULLOCK

NICK CANTRELL

Team Orthopedic Surgeon

NIK CONKLIN

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Associate Director of Ticket Operations & Systems

WESLEY CRIBB

CASEY CRISP

DANNY EARNHARDT

MIKE ECHOLS

STEPHANIE ELLISON

SHELLY GEER

CHANDLER GELLER

Administrative Coordinator, Athletic Academic Services

Supervisor of Athletic Grounds

Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach

GRACE AMMONS Assistant to the Women’s Basketball Head Coach

Associate Director of Educational Services

Associate Athletic Director, Compliance Services

ERIC GEORGE

Assistant Athletic Director, Business Operations

DAN ARBLASTER

Pilot & Maintenance Manager

MIKE BEWLEY

Director of Basketball Strength & Conditioning

Assistant Supervisor of Athletic Facilities

Coordinator of Digital Content

Assistant Director of Equipment, Olympic Sports

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JEFF CAREY

Associate Director of Educational Services

SAM BLACKMAN

Assistant Athletic Director, Director of Football Communications

LISA CHAN

STEVE COLEMAN

Director of Sports Nutrition

KAITLYN CUNNINGHAM

LUKE FIESER

RICK FRANZBLAU

Associate Director of Football Academic Services

MATT GLENN

Assistant Director of Athletic Video Services

Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach

Director of Olympic Sports Strength & Conditioning

OWEN GODFREY

TIM BOURRET

Senior Associate Director of Athletic Communications

BRAD CROWE

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RICK BAGBY

Assistant Athletic Director, Video & Technology

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ABBY DeDECKER

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STEVE DUZAN

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JOE GALBRAITH

JONATHAN GANTT

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AMANDA GRAY

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KESHANA HAM

BRAD HENDERSON

DR. LORETO JACKSON

TRAVIS JOHNSTON

BRETT KEY

MELISSA KING

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Associate Director of Educational Services

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Business Operations Coordinator

KYRA LOBBINS

MATT LOMBARDI

TINA MIDDLETON

STEPHANIE MOCK

TORI POLSINELLO

ROBBIE PHILLIPS

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Director of Football Academic Services

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BARBARA KENNEDY-DIXON

RYAN KING

SARAH-JO LAWRENCE

JASON LAZAR

SHARON LITTLEJOHN

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YASHICA MARTIN

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Sports Psychologist

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MIKE MONEY

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Assistant Athletic Director, Marketing & Game Management

Associate Director of Educational Services

Assistant Ticket Operations Manager

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GINTY PORTER

Associate Director of Athletic Academic Advising

Director of Littlejohn Coliseum

HANNON MAYLEE Assistant Tutor Coordinator & Learning Specialist

DON MUNSON

Assistant Athletic Director, Athletic Academic Services

Business Manager

JANET MERRIFIELD Accounts Payable Specialist

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SUNNY RUSSELL

Coordinator of Student-Athlete Development

GARY WADE

Assistant Athletic Director, Facilities

DR. LEN REEVES Team Physician

LINDSEY RICKETTS Associate Director of Athletic Academic Advising

JAYSON SANTOS

PHILIP SIKES

Assistant Athletic Director, Compliance Services

SHARON WEAVER Athletic Insurance Coordinator

Associate Director of Athletic Communications

JASON WILLIAMS Pilot & Hangar Manager

MIKE WILSON

Director of Equipment, Olympic Sports

CHRIS ROBERTS

KATIE ROVTAR

Associate Director of Football Academic Services

Assistant Athletic Trainer

JOE SIMON

LYNN SPARKS

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BRAD WOODY

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DAVIS BABB Chief Executive Officer

ince 1934, IPTAY has been a leader in intercollegiate athletics fundraising, and our brand has been built by grassroots efforts and representatives spread throughout the Southeast who work in their communities to build support. We have had many people contribute their time and resources and who have been tremendously supportive of the university. That has manifested itself in large seasonticket bases, incredible passion and a great deal of people being involved. Over the past year, we have grown the brand even further by expanding the scope of what IPTAY does. In the last 20 years, college athletics has seen significant growth in facilities. The process of recruiting student-athletes is critical to the success of Clemson athletics. As we recruit against top high school prospects with schools from around the country, we need to be prepared to offer them the best possible student-athlete experience. Because of generous IPTAY donors, the “One IPTAY” enterprise was able to raise a total of $56.6 million in 2016. These dollars contributed by our 16,320 members directly impact the lives of our nearly 500 studentathletes in our 19 sport athletic program through scholarships, facilities and academic support. From the Tiger Cub Club to the annual fund, major gifts and everything in between, your gifts matter. As I have mentioned above, we are truly “One IPTAY.” This is to say that IPTAY includes all components - annual fundraising, major gifts and planned giving. Since 2015, we have taken on the management and oversight of Clemson athletics’ premium seating, the IPTAY Dealer Program and the Block C Club. The future is bright for both IPTAY and Clemson athletics because of our very important members! If you are not currently a member, I urge you to join and support the “One IPTAY” enterprise. The IPTAY board and our staff are dedicated to doing everything possible to ensure funding for Clemson athletics will be on solid footing for years to come. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do for IPTAY, our student-athletes and athletic program. You are important members of the team, and I appreciate all of your support.

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JEAN ARMITAGE

JANICE CANTINIERI

GAY COPELAND

BOBBY COUCH Director of Major Gifts

Administrative Specialist

TRAVIS FURBEE

LAUREN GAULIN

CONNIE GILREATH

BERT HENDERSON

REED KRAMER

LINDSEY LEONARD

BOB MAHONY

ROBYN MASSEY

JILL RICHARD

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Director of Annual Fund

Assistant Director

Director of Stewardship

Assistant Director

Executive Director of Block C Club

Administrative Coordinator

Major Gifts Development Coordinator

Administrative Specialist

Director of Planned Giving

Accountant/Fiscal Analyst

LINDA DAVIS

AARON DUNHAM Associate Director of Major Gifts

ROBIN LAY

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KYLE SHIELDS

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JASON WILSON Assistant Director

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COUNTY/REGIONAL Chairpersons DISTRICT I

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County Chairperson Mason Speer Brandon Cox Charles Watts Sammy Dickson Terry Long

DISTRICT II

JOE TODD

PRESIDENT District X Director

DR. EDDIE ROBINSON PRESIDENT-ELECT District III Director

RICK GRIFFIN SECRETARY District V Director

BOB RIGGINS TREASURER District VII Director

County (S.C.) County Chairperson Cherokee Boone Peeler Newberry Charles Bedenbaugh Saluda Chad Berry Spartanburg Wesley Stoddard Union Jerry Brannon

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County Chairperson Bryan Young Samuel O’Neal Lewis Holmes Jim & Marilyn Bull Kenneth Buck David Mitchum

DISTRICT IV

JAN CHILDRESS District I Director

JEAN DESDUNES District IX Director

SANDY EDGE

Alumni Association President

STEVE HAWLEY District VI Director

DR. JANIE HODGE NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative

County (S.C.) Chester Chesterfield Darlington Fairfield Kershaw Lancaster Lee Marlboro York

County Chairperson Samuel Stone Bill Tillman Tommy Usher Philip Wilkins John Shell Larry Wolfe Green Deschamps Mark Avent Jack Cox

DISTRICT V County (S.C.) Allendale Bamberg Charleston Colleton Hampton Jasper

County Chairperson Frank Young Joseph Ott Al Byrd Samuel Hazel Henry Foy Roy Pryor

DISTRICT VI

JOHN N. McCARTER JR. University Trustee Representative

BILLY MILAM District VIII Director

MARK MUSSMAN District II Director

ROBERT L. PEELER University Trustee Representative

RETT RUTLAND District IV Director

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leadership provided by the IPTAY board of directors and our past presidents, the representative program will continue to be successful.

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County Chairperson John Ducworth Douglas Lynn Charles Grace Reed Barker Laurence Bolchoz T.C. Atkinson Tracy Pender Sam Drucker

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DON MUNSON, RODNEY WILLIAMS, MICHAEL PALMER AND THE REST OF THE CTSN TEAM BRING LIVE BROADCASTS OF ALL TIGER FOOTBALL GAMES TO THE AIRWAVES IN 2016.

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he Clemson Tiger completions (333) Sports Network while also setting (CTSN) supplies the Clemson career Tiger fans with a record for starts full day of broad(44). A member of cast every football Saturthe Clemson Hall day. Each broadcast day of Fame, he led the has five programs, Tiger Tigers to four conTailgate Show, pregame secutive bowls. show, game broadcast, Michael Palmer, DON MUNSON RODNEY WILLIAMS MICHAEL PALMER postgame show and Fifth who was a tight Play-By-Play Announcer Color Commentator Sideline Commentator Quarter Show. end at Clemson 3rd Season 11th Season 2nd Season A Clemson tradition from 2006-09 and since the 1970s, the played five years in Tiger Tailgate Show is a two-hour enterthe NFL, is in his second season as sideTiger Tailgate Show and Fifth Quarter tainment and interactive program. It is line commentator. Show. When the longtime “Voice of the produced on the lawn of Littlejohn Coli After the game is the 45-minute Tigers,” Jim Phillips, passed away in seum at the corner closest to Memorial postgame show from the stadium. Tiger 2003, he assumed the duties as host of Stadium. fans can then tune in to the Fifth Quarter Tiger Calls and play-by-play announcer The Tiger Tailgate Show, hosted by Show, hosted by Jimmy Watt. Interviews for women’s basketball and baseball. William Qualkinbush and David Stein, from the locker room with Swinney and Joining Munson in the broadcast booth begins three hours prior to kickoff and Clemson’s top players are included. A is former Clemson quarterback Rodney is a popular gathering place. Interviews complete rundown of stats and audio Williams, who is in his fourth season as with former players, games, display items highlights are provided. color commentator. In 2002, he was the and other exciting action are all part of CTSN also produces the Dabo Swincolor commentator alongside Phillips the show. ney TV Show. Munson is the host of this after serving as sideline commentator for After the Tiger Tailgate show is a oneweekly program that gives insight into seven years (1995-01). hour pregame show leading up to kickoff. coaches’ decisions from the previous Williams completed his Tiger career Highlighting the show is head coach Dabo game and looks at your favorite players (1985-88) as the winningest starting Swinney meeting with director of football and coaches. quarterback in ACC history with a 32-10communications Tim Bourret to provide For more information on CTSN, con2 record. He established then-Tiger career fans with the latest lineup and strategy tact general manager Gerry Dickey at records for passing yards (4,647) and information. The game broadcast is anchored by Don Munson, who is in his seventh year with the Clemson athletic department in a full-time capacity and his third year as director of broadcasting. Munson is a familiar name to Tiger fans because of his involvement with the Clemson radio network the last 22 seasons. Munson has covered Clemson athletics since 1994, when he first joined as the network’s football pregame, halftime and Fifth Quarter Show host. In 2003, he rejoined the network as host of the

GAMEDAY RADIO AFFILIATES Location Station On the Dial Atlanta, Ga. WCFO 93.3 FM 1160 AM Augusta, Ga. WRDW 1630 AM Camden, S.C. WPUB 102.7 FM Charleston, S.C. WQSC 1340 AM Charlotte, N.C. WZGV 730 AM Clemson, S.C. WAHT 1560 AM CLEMSON, S.C. WCCP 105.5 FM Columbia, S.C. WZMJ 93.1 FM Florence, S.C. WSIM 93.7 FM 97.1 FM Georgetown, S.C. WGTN 1400 AM Greenville, S.C. WTPT 93.3 FM Greenwood, S.C. WCRS 1450 AM Hampton, S.C. WBHC 92.1 FM Hilton Head, S.C. WHHW 1130 AM Lincolnton, N.C. WLON 1050 AM Loris, S.C. WLSC 1240 AM Moncks Corner, S.C. WJKB 950 AM Myrtle Beach, S.C. WRNN 99.5 FM Newberry, S.C. WKDK 1240 AM Orangeburg, S.C. WGFG 105.3 FM Rock Hill, S.C. WRHI 94.3 FM 1340 AM Sumter, S.C. WWBD 94.7 FM Union, S.C. WBCU 103.5 FM 1460 AM Walterboro, S.C. WALI 93.7 FM Note: Flagship station in ORANGE.

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DON MUNSON, DAVID STEIN (LEFT) AND WILLIAM QUALKINBUSH (RIGHT) ON THE TIGER TAILGATE SHOW PRIOR TO THE 2015 BOSTON COLLEGE GAME.

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he instructional staff for Tiger Band is necessarily small due to the fact that there is not a traditional music major offered at Clemson. At many of our peer institutions, there is additional help in the form of graduate students who deal with many teaching and administrative duties. Tiger Band is fortunate to have an outstanding group of Clemson band students in the form of Kappa Kappa Psi. Founded on the campus of Oklahoma State on Nov. 27, 1919, Kappa Kappa Psi is a guiding light where band students can grow, learn and develop themselves and their band programs. Kappa Kappa Psi is an organization of

opportunity and quality, brimming with historic, welldeveloped leadership and membership programming that students use to become great leaders, better band members and better adapted young adults prepared for what lies ahead. Kappa Kappa Psi operates primarily as a student service and leadership recognition society whose chief aim is to assist the director of bands in developing the leadership and enthusiasm that is

required of his/her band. Our goals are to provide the band, not only with organized and concentrated service activities, but to give our membership valid and wholesome experiences in organization, leadership and social contacts. The honorary nature of membership is based on our premise that “it is an honor to be selected to serve” this band, its department of music, its sponsoring institution and the cause of band music in the nation’s colleges and universities. The educational value to the student of participation in a smaller group’s activities cannot be overemphasized. Experience in planning, organizing and carrying through projects to benefit the larger band organization are necessary if a well-rounded and responsible student leader is to be trained. The fraternal group, as embodied by our active chapters, provides this needed training group for the student by establishing both worthy goals and worthwhile guideposts for a meaningful college experience. Membership in Kappa Kappa Psi thus becomes an educational and service activity as well as a social one. And it is this kind of activity that enriches

BY DR. MARK SPEDE

CLEMSON ALMA MATER Where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness Where the Tigers play Here the sons of dear old Clemson Reign supreme alway.

CHORUS Dear old Clemson, we will triumph And with all our might That the Tiger’s roar may echo O’er the mountain height.

the band student’s life and sharpens an appreciation for both the best in music and what it takes to achieve it. It is to this end that our national fraternity is dedicated, and we cordially invite your participation in this effort. The Kappa Beta chapter was organized in 1994 and currently has 34 members.

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alfway through Jeffrey Green’s college career, the Miami, Fla., native already owns five ACC medals, including three gold. As a freshman, Green anchored the first-place 4x400m relay at the ACC Indoor Championships, then proceeded to take third individually in the 400m while assisting the 4x400m relay to a second-place finish at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

Green progressed over the offseason and throughout the duration of his sophomore indoor season, ultimately leading to his breakthrough performance at the 2016 ACC Indoor Championships. He was the top Tiger in Clemson’s sweep of the podium in the 400m, claiming his first college individual gold medal. He once again anchored the 4x400m relay to a first-place finish, giving Clemson four gold medals in the event in the

last six years. Green’s two gold medals fueled Clemson’s best team finish since 2007, as the men took second overall in the championship meet, just 11.5 points out of first place. Coming off his best year yet, Green’s outdoor success was not going to come easy as he battled through ankle and hamstring injuries to once again lead the 4x400m relay team to remarkable successes at the national level. Qualifying for nationals, Green assisted the relay to a season-best time of 3:03.86 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, marking the third-best time in program history. Green and the relay did not disappoint at nationals, as Clemson took fifth place at the NCAA Championships, marking the program’s best performance in the history of the event. Despite the success, Green remains humble, acknowledging that he was still learning in his first two seasons as a Tiger, not only when competing and running, but also when taking care of his body. Dealing with hamstring and ankle issues throughout his first two seasons, Green’s confidence and focus has never wavered. He has taken in the perspectives given to him by his family and coaches, and views his time rehabbing as an opportunity rather than a disadvantage. “Freshman and sophomore year, you’re still learning,” explained Green.

“Now I know what I need to do to be successful and stay healthy throughout the season. “I’m in a great place right now. I’m going into surgery, and that should take care of the problems I’ve been dealing with. Now I can emphasize on some of the things I wouldn’t necessarily be able to emphasize on as much when I’m healthy. I’m working on my form while I’m in the pool, strengthening my core, working on breathing and focusing on some of the smaller things that will help me once I’m 100 percent.” Clemson returns the majority of its talent for the 2017 season and is built for the future with just four seniors on its roster. Now sidelined, Green has been a witness to the vast improvements returners have made during the offseason and the striking initial impressions by this year’s freshman class. Entering his junior season as Clemson’s fifth-fastest student-athlete to ever compete in the indoor and outdoor 400m, Green is more excited than ever to continue his upward trend of accomplishments. “We have a fresh new team. They’re all healthy and they’re doing well, so that’s motivated me because I see them and I’m just like, ‘Dang, I want to be out there with them.’ So seeing what they’re doing has also helped keep me intact and focused on what I need to do.”

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Full Name Deja Monae Parrish Major Sociology Sport Track & Field Events Sprints Height 5’7” Class Junior Hometown Fort Lauderdale, Fla. High School American Heritage School Date of Birth July 14, 1996

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eja Parrish never had to develop an interest in the sport of track & field. Her mother, Felecia Moore, a six-time AllAmerican for Oklahoma from 1981-83, ingrained it in her from the time she first put Parrish on a track. “My mother took me to practice when I was about seven years old,” recalled Parrish. “Most people love something they’re good at, and I have to admit that I love what I do.” Parrish’s first exploits in the sport showed that she had what it took to be one of the top track athletes. She won two team championships in Florida at the Junior Olympic level when she was 12 and 13. Success followed on the high school level. As one of the Sunshine State’s top sprinters, Parrish earned several invitations to some of the best high school meets in the country, and even some outside of the continental United States. Florida’s state champion in the 400m as a junior, Parrish began to make colleges take notice of her budding talent. “My top five came down to Arizona State, Clemson, LSU, Tennessee and UCLA,” she said. “The final two were UCLA and Clemson. I always was obsessed with California and its beaches, even though I was from Florida. But the biggest thing with Clemson was the coaching staff. I love coach (Mark) El-

liott, ‘A.T.’ (Althea Thomas) and coach (Marvin) Gibson. I really felt like they believed in my talents and that I could take it to the next level.” It did not hurt that one of Parrish’s good friends, sprinter Jeffrey Green of Miami, Fla., had already committed to the Tigers. Green convinced Parrish that Clemson’s struggles in 2014, Elliott’s first season in Tigertown, would be shortlived. It turned out Green was right. In 2015, Parrish’s freshman season, the Tigers swept the ACC indoor and outdoor titles. Parrish was a big part of Clemson’s turnaround, earning gold medals with the indoor 4x400m relay and 4x100m group during the outdoor season. Parrish was named ACC Outdoor Freshman-of-the-Year, an honor she still holds with high regard today. “To this day, that still shocks me,” said Parrish of the honor. “I didn’t have that expectation of myself. I tried to do my best for the girls I was really close with, because we had the common goal of helping us win the conference championship.” A self-entitled “championship runner,” Parrish has often been at her best when the Tigers come together in a team effort at the ACC and NCAA Championships. That was certainly the case as a sophomore in 2016, when she took a major step forward as a short sprinter in

her two specialty events, the 200m and 400m. Parrish was an all-conference performer in both events. “When championships are on the line, I’m in the zone,” she admitted. “I know I’m one of the best in the ACC, and my coaches think highly of me. My mentality was very different from freshman to sophomore year. I was more sure of what I was doing in my races.” Heading into her junior year, Parrish is more confident than ever. She hopes for more individual acclaim while restoring Clemson’s place atop ACC women’s track & field. The Tigers came up painfully short last season by a small number of points, a difference Parrish attributed to the inordinate amount of injuries suffered by key student-athletes. “My motivation is to aim higher this year,” she added. “I have not made it to nationals yet as an individual. I’m not an underclassman anymore...there’s no more

room for error. I need to buckle down, because I’m older and I believe I have the talent to get there.” Talent, and the necessary bloodline, too.

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Leadership is one word that U.S. Army Officers take very seriously, like Captain Francisco Martínez. Growing up with his grandfather’s example as an officer inspired him, and now at 28, he is living his dream in the Army as a Signal Officer in charge of tactical communications. There’s strong. Then there’s Army Strong. See more at goarmy.com/officer To contact Army ROTC, call (864)656-2578 or email MSAMUE2@clemson.edu Visit our facebook page at www.facebook.com/Clemson-University-Army-ROTCFightin-Tigers-58469551997/ or online at www.clemson.edu/cbbs/departments/army-rotc/

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HALL OF FAME Class of 2016 THE 11 MEMBERS OF THE CLEMSON ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME WILL BE INDUCTED THIS WEEKEND AND JOIN THE 286 TIGERS ALREADY IN CLEMSON’S PRESTIGIOUS CLUB. BY CLAIRE FISCHER

NIKKIE BOUYER Women’s Track & Field

LOU CORDILEONE Football & Baseball

JEB FLESCH Football

ROD GARDNER Football

CATHY HOFER Women’s Tennis

ANDY JOHNSTON

Women’s Tennis Coach & Football Administrator

JAN KEMMERLING Women’s Swimming

KENT KINNEAR Men’s Tennis

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TRACK & FIELD • 1996-99

FOOTBALL & BASEBALL • 1957-59

Nikkie Bouyer was a five-time All-American at Clemson, including three indoor and two outdoor honors. That is tied for the sixth-most All-America honors in program history. Bouyer is one of just five women in school history to be named an All-American multiple times in indoor and outdoor track. During her career with the Tigers in the late 1990s, Bouyer was a 10-time All-ACC performer and a threetime ACC champion, once each in the 200m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay events. Bouyer also captured the 200m title at the 1998 ACC Outdoor Championships. Bouyer is one of just 10 women’s track performers to earn All-ACC honors at least 10 times at the indoor and outdoor championships combined. In the 1998 season, Bouyer finished sixth in the nation in the 55m hurdles indoors with a time of 7.62. She is among the top 10 of Clemson’s career leaders in the indoor 200m, 60m hurdles, 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. Bouyer is the only female 400m hurdler in Clemson history to be named an All-American. She finished sixth in that event at the NCAA meet in 1999 with a time of 57.74. Clemson won the ACC outdoor championship that year. Bouyer, who becomes the eighth women’s track & field athlete inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame, was named to the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002.

Lou Cordileone started for Frank Howard in football and Bill Wilhelm in baseball in 1959. He should be inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame for that alone. He excelled in both sports. Cordileone was a firstteam Academic All-American and on-field All-American in 1959 for Howard. He was also a standout baseball player in the spring of 1959, as he started for the Tigers in the College World Series on Wilhelm’s second team. Cordileone was a starting offensive guard on the 1958 and 1959 ACC title teams. It marked the first time Clemson won the ACC in consecutive seasons. Both teams finished with top-20 seasons, as the 1958 team was No. 12 by AP and the 1959 team finished No. 11 by AP. The 1959 squad would have finished higher had there been a post-bowl poll. The Tigers defeated No. 7 TCU in the first Bluebonnet Bowl. At the end of his career, he was selected for the Hula Bowl and College All Star Game in Chicago. He was the first Tiger chosen for the Hula Bowl. He was drafted in the first round by the Giants with the No. 12 overall pick in 1960. The Jersey City, N.J., native played for the Giants in 1960 and was then involved in one of the most famous trades in the 1960s, as he was traded to the 49ers for Y.A. Tittle. He played for the Rams and Steelers in 1962, then for the Steelers in 1963. He retired after the 1963 season, then came out of retirement to play for the expansion Saints in 1967 and 1968. Cordileone, who is now 79, was named to Clemson’s All-Centennial team in 1996.


JEB FLESCH

ROD GARDNER

CATHY HOFER

FOOTBALL • 1988-91

FOOTBALL • 1997-00

TENNIS • 1986-89

Jeb Flesch was one of Clemson’s top offensive linemen in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was a starter from his freshman year and made 45 starts in his career, all consecutively. He played 2,657 snaps, an average of 59 per game, and that still is 15th in Clemson history in career snaps. That is quite an accomplishment considering there are more games played today. In his four years as a starter, Clemson won the 1988 and 1991 ACC titles. The offensive guard is one of the few linemen in Clemson history to start four consecutive bowl games. The Tigers won three of them, wins over Oklahoma, West Virginia and Illinois. All three were ranked in the top 20. In the four years Flesch was a starter, Clemson posted a 39-8-1 record for an 82.3 winning percentage, sixth highest in Tiger history. The 39 wins are fifth most in school history. Three times in his career, he was named ACC Offensive Lineman-of-the-Week, against Virginia in 1989 and 1991 versus Georgia Tech and Maryland. In 1991, Clemson led the ACC in total offense. Flesch had 267 knockdown blocks in his career, which is top five in Clemson history. As a senior in 1991, he had a team-high 77 knockdown blocks and was named to first-team All-America squads by AP, UPI, Football News and Walter Camp Foundation. The native of Georgia is one of just four Clemson offensive linemen to be named a first-team consensus All-American. The others are Harry Olszewski (1967), Stacy Long (1990) and Stacy Seegars (1993).

Rod Gardner was a four-year letterman for the Tigers between 1997-00. He had back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons in 1999 and 2000, and is still the only Tiger in history to accomplish that feat. Gardner had 80 catches for 1,084 yards in 1999 as a junior, the first 1,000-yard receiving season in school history. He came back with 58 catches for 1,050 yards as a senior in 2000. He averaged 18.1 yards per catch that senior year when he often faced double coverage. The most famous catch of his career took place against South Carolina in 2000. On the final drive with 10 seconds left, he caught a 50-yard pass from Woodrow Dantzler. That reception set up a game-winning field goal by Aaron Hunt in Clemson’s 16-14 victory. Gardner earned first-team All-America accolades by College & Pro Football Weekly and Gannett News in 2000. He was also one 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award. In Gardner’s career, he set the Clemson career record for receptions (166). When he graduated, his 2,498 receiving yards were third most in Clemson history. Gardner was named IPTAY Athlete-of-the-Year for the 2000-01 academic year. He was then the No. 15 overall selection of the 2001 NFL draft. On that day, he was the only ACC player to be a first-team All-American, a first-round draft choice and have his college degree. Gardner played in the NFL from 2001-06 for the Redskins, Panthers, Packers and Chiefs. In his second year with the Redskins, he had 71 catches for 1,006 yards and eight touchdowns.

Cathy Hofer was an ACC champion in singles and was named ACC Player-of-the-Year and ACC Tournament MVP in 1988. She also finished 10th in the ITA singles rankings that year, when she was 7-0 in tiebreakers, the only player in program history with a perfect mark in tiebreakers (minimum of seven). Hofer is still seventh in school history for sets won in a season with 76 as a freshman in 1986. She won 36 matches and lost just seven that year, still the seventh-most victories in a season in Clemson history. Ten of those 36 wins were three-set matches, still tied for fourth in school history. She also reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA individual singles tournament in 1986. Hofer was just the third player in program history to reach the final 16 of the individual tournament. Her 1986 season is regarded as one of the top freshman seasons in Clemson history. That 1986 Tiger team finished with an overall record of 26-3, including a 7-0 mark in the ACC. Andy Johnston’s Tigers finished eighth in the final poll that year. Clemson then finished 20th in the nation in 1987 with Hofer in the lineup and also won the ACC championship. Hofer is still seventh in Clemson history in sets won (217) and fifth in singles wins (102). She was named to the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002. It is most fitting that Hofer, one of Johnston’s top players, is going in the same hall of fame class.

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ANDY JOHNSTON WOMEN’S TENNIS COACH • 1983-97 FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATOR • 1998-14 Andy Johnston had two careers with the Tiger athletic department over 31 years. He served as women’s tennis head coach from 1983-97, then worked under three head football coaches as director of operations. During his tenure as tennis coach, he led the Tigers to a 254-160 record. A four-time ACC Coach-of-theYear, he helped Clemson finish in the top 25 a total of 12 times, among the top-five totals in Clemson athletics history. His four ACC Coach-of-the-Year awards are in the top 10 among Clemson coaches in all sports. In his first year at the helm, Johnston led the Tigers to 30 wins, still a school record. The squad won an ACC title in record fashion. Johnston’s team swept all nine flights of the tournament, a first for any men’s or women’s tennis program in ACC history. The team finished seventh in the nation at the NCAA Tournament. That was the first of five straight ACC titles for Johnston, still a program record for a coach. He produced 51 All-ACC selections and 13 All-America honors. After retiring as a coach, Johnston was a football administrator for 17 seasons. He worked under head coaches Tommy West, Tommy Bowden and Dabo Swinney. All three will tell you of his organizational skills when it came to the administration of their program. In his 17 years, the Tigers went to 15 bowl games, and Johnston was the prime organizer of those trips. He was presented the game ball by Swinney after the Tigers defeated Oklahoma in the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl for his contributions to the program.

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JAN KEMMERLING

KENT KINNEAR

SWIMMING • 1985-88

TENNIS • 1985-88

Jan Kemmerling was an eight-time All-American for the Tigers during the mid 1980s, when Clemson had one of the best programs in the country. Kemmerling was an ACC champion in the 800 relay in the 1986 season. In 1987, she won the ACC championship in the 200 individual medley, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. Kemmerling’s 800 freestyle relay team holds the second and third-fastest times in the Clemson recordbook. Kemmerling was also an All-American in the 800 freestyle and 200 medley relay during the 1986 season. During the 1987 season, Kemmerling earned AllAmerica honors in the 200 individual medley, 400 and 800 freestyle and 400 medley relay. Kemmerling was named an All-American for her performance on Clemson’s 400 and 800 freestyle relays teams in the 1988 campaign. She holds Clemson’s fifth-fastest time in the 200 individual medley, eighth in the 1000 freestyle and 10th in the 400 individual medley. Kemmerling was named to the All-ACC team in the 1986 and 1987 seasons. In her last two seasons, she was a part of teams that finished fifth in the nation at the NCAA Championships. During her senior year, she had among the top-five-fastest times in nine of 19 events. Kemmerling was named to the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002.

Kent Kinnear is seventh on the Clemson career list with 127 singles wins and ninth in doubles wins (111). He is one of just 12 Clemson men’s tennis players with 100 career wins in each category. Known as a hard worker and tough out on the hardcourt, Kinnear totaled 36 career tiebreaker victories, still second most in school history. He is also second in three-set match victories with 45 against just 21 losses. In 1985 as a freshman, Kinnear was an ACC champion at No. 3 doubles and helped the Tigers to an ACC championship. The 1986 Tigers reached an all-timebest No. 2 ranking in the ITA poll during the season. Kinnear contributed to that success as a starter who won 38 matches in singles and teamed with Jay Berger for a 20-4 mark in doubles. Clemson finished with a 31-7 record that year. Kinnear’s success continued in 1987 as a junior when he was 33-17 in singles and 23-5 in doubles. Once again, Clemson won the ACC championship. Kinnear and Vince Van Gelderen were No. 7 in the final national doubles rankings. He had a big senior season, as he was named 1988 ACC Tournament MVP. He won the No. 2 singles championship and No. 2 doubles title, leading Clemson to the ACC championship. The native of Greenwood, Ind., was named to the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002. He played on the ATP Tour for 11 years and is now a USTA National Team coach.


PAUL RUTENIS

DENNY WALLING

CHRIS WHITNEY

SOCCER • 1984-87

BASEBALL • 1975

BASKETBALL • 1991-93

Paul Rutenis was a four-year starter as a midfielder and back on Clemson’s soccer teams from 1984-87. Most importantly, he was a starter on two NCAA title teams under head coach I.M. Ibrahim (1984,87). He joins Bruce Murray as the only athletes in Clemson history to start on two NCAA championship squads. Rutenis was named first-team All-South in 1985 and 1987, and he earned First-Team All-ACC accolades in 1986 and 1987. He was also named a Coaches Association All-American in 1987, when he teamed with Murray to help Clemson to a miraculous run in the NCAA Tournament and a national championship match victory over San Diego State at Riggs Field. The Tigers were seeded No. 23 in the NCAA Tournament that year with a 13-5-1 record, but they won five straight matches in the NCAA Tournament, including each of the first three on the road. All five wins were over top-20 teams during the tournament, including a 2-1 victory at No. 1 Indiana in the second round. The Tigers defeated No. 6 Rutgers to reach the Final Four, then downed No. 8 North Carolina in the semifinals and No. 20 San Diego State in the championship match. In the national title match, Rutenis scored the only goal needed against the Aztecs in the 23rd minute. One of the great leaders in program history, Rutenis was the captain of the 1987 team. The Tigers finished in the top 20 all four years and posted a 71-18-5 record (.782). He finished his career with 18 goals and 13 assists in 86 matches, including 81 as a starter. He is still in the top five in Tiger history in matches and starts.

Denny Walling made quite an impact in the Clemson recordbook and on the national scene in his one year of baseball at Clemson. The junior college transfer batted .421 in 1975, the highest average in Tiger history among players with at least 100 at-bats. Walling was named ACC Player-of-the-Year in 1975, just the third Tiger to win the honor. Along with his ACC MVP award, he was an ABCA First-Team All-American and Sporting News All-American, and he was also an All-Atlantic Region selection. These accolades were justified by his performance in 1975. He led the NCAA with 1.58 RBIs per game. It marked the first time since 1958 a Tiger led the nation in a statistical category. Walling also had a remarkable .807 slugging percentage, second highest in the nation. He was fourth in the country in home runs per game (13 in 38 contests). The slugger struck out just 12 times all season. His .421 batting average was 10th highest nationally as well. Walling and the Tigers won the ACC regular-season title with a 10-2 record. The team finished with a 3310 overall record and No. 25 ranking by Collegiate Baseball. He was a first-round pick in the 1975 draft by Oakland. He spent 18 years in the majors with the Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. His 18 seasons and 1,271 games are the most at the MLB level by a former Tiger. His 799 career hits are second most as well.

Chris Whitney was a two-time team MVP between 1991-93. The junior college transfer averaged 14.6 points per game in two seasons, 11th best in Clemson history, and 6.1 assists, second best in school history. Whitney totaled 354 assists in just two years as well. As a senior in 1992-93, he was the only ACC player in the top five in the league in five statistical categories. Finishing his senior season with 193 assists, 87 three-pointers and 73 steals, Whitney was near the top of the ACC in all these areas in the 1992-93 season. He is in the top 15 in ACC history in assists per game, three-point percentage and steals per game. No ACC player had the range of Whitney in 199293, when he made 87 three-pointers in 213 attempts for a 41-percent rate. His most famous shooting exhibition took place at North Carolina, when he made eight three-pointers and pulled the Tigers within five points with two minutes left. Dean Smith called a timeout to stop his momentum and design a defense to stop him. At the time, it was the most three-pointers made against the Tar Heels in the Dean E. Smith Center. Whitney was drafted by the Spurs in the second round in 1993. He played 11 years in the NBA, scored 3,738 points and made 87.5 percent of his free throws. He also made 552 three-pointers. His top season came in 2001-02, when he averaged 10.2 points, made 131 three-pointers and shot 88 percent from the free-throw line as Michael Jordan’s teammate with the Wizards. Whitney is now the director of player programs for the Charlotte Hornets.

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t all started for Danny Poole when he received a Cramer Coach’s Team First Aid Kit notebook course just as he was completing the ninth grade, his final year of junior high school before attending West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C. Poole had played sports through junior high school, but when he became a sophomore, he realized he had a deep interest in athletic training. The more he read, the more he became interested. “After I took that course, I went to a few clinics,” said Poole. “I went to one in Greensboro that was in association with the North Carolina High School Coaches Association and became even more interested in it.” It just so happened that one of the guest lecturers at that Greensboro clinic was Clemson athletic trainer Fred Hoover, a legend in the profession who would go on to be Poole’s boss a decade later. During one of the first days of his high school career, Poole sought out the head football coach and expressed his interest in being an athletic trainer. In 1972, there were few student athletic trainers at the high school level. As a senior during the fall of 1974, he was given the opportunity to work the Shrine Bowl in Charlotte, the first student athletic trainer asked to work the game. In an odd twist of fate, the native of North Carolina was assigned to the South Carolina team. One of the players on that Sandlapper team was a quarterback from Spartanburg High School named Steve Fuller, who would go on to be the first Tiger football player to have his number retired. Poole entered Western Carolina and immediately began working with the athletic program. With his level of experience in high school, he was a five-star recruit in athletic training circles. Poole worked for four years as a student athletic trainer at Western Carolina. During that time, he supervised the rehabilitation of a football player named Dan Brooks, who had just finished his playing career. That same man is now the defensive line coach of the Tigers. Poole worked more than just football games, and that work ethic led to him finding the love of his life. One day, he was at a women’s basketball game and Catamount guard Beth Morgan fell to the floor in pain after a collision with an opposing player. Poole went out on the court to check on Morgan and her injury. “That was the first time I met Beth. It was a dislocated shoulder.” A few rehab sessions later, they started dating and have now been married for 33 years. Morgan was a two-sport athlete at Western Carolina (women’s basketball, tennis). “Beth follows all sports closer than I do,” admitted Poole with a smile. Professionally, Poole has had a wonderful experience, but his family is his “rock.” The couple has two daughters who married young men and made the family grow. Jacqui and Greg Rice gave them a granddaughter, Finley. Abby and her husband, Andrew White, are expecting their first child, Skylar, this month. Poole started at Clemson in January 1984 as Hoover’s top assistant working with football. He worked his first football game on Sept. 1, 1984. Today, Poole is in his 33rd season, and the thrilling victory over Louisville on October 1 was his 400th game at Clemson, all consecutively. But if you ask him about his career, it is about the relationships he has formed with the players and his student athletic trainers. “It is gratifying to see your former students advance in the profession,” added Poole. “I had a lot of people help me when I started, and now I have the opportunity to help the students today.”

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AFTER A STANDOUT BASEBALL CAREER AT CLEMSON AND IN THE MAJORS, BILL SPIERS IS BACK IN TIGERTOWN AS A STUDENT ASSISTANT COACH WITH THE TIGER FOOTBALL PROGRAM. BY TIM BOURRET

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ne of my favorite facts about the Clemson baseball team centered around the Spiers family. In 1958, in Bill Wilhelm’s first year as Clemson’s head coach, the Tigers went to the College World Series thanks in part to the fielding of shortstop Bud Spiers. He fielded .947, and that stood as the record for a Tiger starting shortstop for many years. The record was finally broken in 1987 by Bill Spiers, Bud’s son, who helped Clemson to an NCAA Regional with a .950 fielding percentage. It was the statistical link to a great family connection for the Spiers family and Clemson. Bud was the first of 100 Wilhelm players to sign a professional contract (there was no MLB draft when

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Bud was a senior). Bill was the last firstround draft pick of Wilhelm’s 36-year career. Bill topped dad’s accomplishments by being named an All-American and was a first-round choice in 1987, the No. 13 overall pick of the draft by the Brewers. He also found time to serve as Clemson’s punter in 1986 and helped Danny Ford’s Tigers to the ACC title with a 39-yard average. The Clemson family connection continued as Michael Spiers followed Bill to Clemson and was the MVP of the 1991 ACC Tournament. He was a top player on the 1991 College World Series team that won a school-record 60 games. During that time and through 2001, Bill played in the major leagues. He had a solid playing career, and his 922 career hits in his 13 seasons are more than any other former Tiger at the major league level. Bill came back to his hometown of Cameron, S.C., and became a coach at Calhoun Academy, where his son, Will, and daughters, Ashley and Mary Crosby,

attended. He found success, winning a state championship in football and baseball within the last year.

Bill and his wife had a great life in every aspect, but something was missing on his resumé. Last spring, Bill attended the Clemson Spring Game and ran into Dabo Swinney (doesn’t everyone?). The conversation turned to the Tiger Trust Program, where a former scholarship athlete can return to finish his/her degree. “You have to do this, Bill...you will love it,” said Swinney, who told him about recent former Tigers who had come back to get their degree. In fact, three of Spiers’ former football teammates (Terry Allen, Keith Jennings, Donnell Woolford) were going to be at school in the fall. “Your education will be paid for. All you have to do is work for me.” That seemed like a dream situation for Spiers. “I had copied so many things Dabo had done when I was coaching high school. So the opportunity to further that coaching education was very attractive.” Bill thought it over, but the impetus he needed came at a Clemson function later in the spring. “We were with a group when my son, Will, came on his official visit, and the speaker asked everyone who was a Clemson graduate to stand up. Just about everyone in my family stood up. That really got me thinking about coming back.” In late summer, Spiers made the decision to return to Clemson, nearly 30 years after his last hit for Wilhelm. It has been a family affair to say the least. They still have their house in the lower part of the state, but the entire family has moved to Clemson for the next year and a half. His daughter, Ashley, is a senior and works in the football office. His son, Will, is a reserve punter with great promise on the Tiger football team. His youngest daughter, Mary Crosby, is a student at Daniel High School. Between now and December 2017, there will be many classes, tests to take and papers to write. But Spiers has his eyes on the prize. “I get emotional thinking about getting that diploma.”



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