A longtime believer in “blooming where you’re planted,” Swinney has now made five straight outside hires for assistant ...

Tom Allen is Clemson’s defensive coordinator because he runs a unit that fits what Dabo Swinney was looking for. Swinney was ...

Dabo Swinney hired Tom Allen as the new Clemson defensive coordinator earlier this month, pulling him away from Penn State after only one season with the Nittany Lions. Swinney kept a tight circle ...

Tom Allen carries a wealth of coaching experience, dating back to 1992. He will be tasked with reviving Clemson's defense ...

Dabo Swinney did a lot of due diligence to eventually hire Tom Allen as his new defensive coordinator. Allen, the former ...

Earlier this month, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he put ... “This guy,” Swinney said Wednesday, grinning toward Tom Allen, the former Indiana head coach and Penn State defensive coordinator ...

CLEMSON — Tom Allen realizes his decision to leave Penn ... Still, he departed Penn State to join Dabo Swinney's team as its new defensive coordinator. "I know not everyone is going to ...

Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney introduces newly hired football defensive coordinator Tom Allen, formerly at Penn State University, in the Smart Family Media Center at Clemson University in ...

CLEMSON — The night of Jan. 14, Dabo Swinney was driving new defensive coordinator Tom Allen and his family around Clemson. They were out until 11 p.m., a full moon in the sky as they visited ...

Tom Allen served as Penn State's defensive coordinator for one year. He is the fourth defensive coordinator hired under Dabo ...

CLEMSON — From the outside looking in, it might seem like Dabo Swinney is changing ... from other schools. As Swinney introduced Goodwin's replacement, Tom Allen, the Tigers' head coach ...