Ahead of spring practice, Dabo Swinney quietly added a key piece to his coaching staff at Clemson.

Former North Carolina wide receivers coach Lonnie Galloway was hired as an analyst after he was not retained on the Tar Heels’ staff after Bill Belichick was hired as head coach.

Before the Tigers broke for spring break, Galloway was already making an impression with the receivers, including transfer Tristan  Smith.

“Coach Galloway, he has been really impactful,” Smith said. “He’s on me.”

Galloway has a long track record of success when it comes to developing wide receivers. He’s also had stints at West Virginia, Wake Forest and Louisville. With the Cardinals, Galloway also served as co-offensive coordinator and helped produce one of the nation’s highest-scoring offenses in 2016 and 2017, as Louisville ranked among the top five units in total offense and among the top 11 in scoring offense.

Now that he’s at Clemson, Smith has devoted a lot of one-on-one time with Smith. The two were routinely seen working together before the start of practice during the first week of spring workouts.

However, it’s not just Galloway, that is having an impact on Smith’s development. Now that he’s with the Tigers, he has the benefit of playing under a coaching staff that has more resources than he’s accustomed to.

“I am used to one coach coaching me at a time,” Smith added. “When I got here, it’s four coaches coaching me at the same time.”

The first two weeks of practice at his new school has been eye-opening for Smith. He has quickly learned some of the things he needs to improve on, and Galloway is playing a large role in helping him reach his potential.

“He’s really been helping,” Smith said. “Because everybody coaches different. So I am thinking, coming here, some of the stuff I brought from my other school, I was doing right. But I technically wasn’t doing it right. He just corrected some of my flaws and stuff. Just trying to help me build my game as a complete receiver. Coach Galloway, and really all the coaching staff has been really good about trying to help me become a better receiver and a better leader.”