On Tuesday of last week, ahead of Clemson’s eventual 24-10 home win over Florida State last Saturday, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney decided that after their first touchdown in the game, the Tigers were going to go for two instead of kicking the extra point. “I made the decision on Tuesday — which is our […]
The first lady of Clemson Football, head coach Dabo Swinney’s wife, Kathleen, joined Kelly Gramlich and Eric Mac Lain on the Gramlich and Mac Lain podcast this week. Kathleen shared a funny story about Dabo and what he won while playing high-stakes bingo during one of their first years on Nike co-founder Phil Knight’s college […]
Saturday was a special and memorable day for both Dabo Swinney and his oldest son, Clemson fifth-year senior wide receiver Will Swinney. Not only was it Senior Day at Death Valley – marking Will’s last time rubbing Howard’s Rock and running down the hill – but with Clemson’s receiving corps depleted by injuries, Will also […]
This football season Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney cut an advertisement for motorcycle safety that airs regularly on the radio in Upstate South Carolina. On Monday night during Swinney’s weekly “Tiger Calls” show with Don Munson on 105.5 FM WCCP, a caller asked Swinney about the ad and his experience on motorcycles. And Swinney jumped […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Kathleen Swinney could not have been more proud than to see her oldest son, Will Swinney, graduate from Clemson University on Friday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville. Watch as Swinney explains what Will’s graduation means to her and her family and how proud she is to see her son […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. — When Kathleen Swinney woke up this morning, the realization that her oldest son, Will Swinney, was graduating from college kind of hit her. And not just any college – but the same university her husband has coached at for the last 18 years, 13 as the head coach. “So, I decorated the […]
Clemson football players hosted the Clemson Community Peaceful Demonstration on Saturday evening to protest racial injustice in America. Head coach Dabo Swinney and his wife Kathleen Swinney linked arms with the event’s organizers as they marched across campus.
Kathleen Swinney says she is still in awe Clemson has won two national championships in the last three years. “It is just amazing,” Kathleen said to The Clemson Insider. “There was so much work done on so many people’s part, starting with the players.” In Part 4 of our Clemson’s Finest series with the First […]
Though she was a little scared and nervous because so much was changing and happening so fast, Kathleen Swinney knew Clemson was where her husband, Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney, and her family was supposed to be. Dabo Swinney came to Clemson in the spring of 2003 as Tommy Bowden’s wide receivers coach. Five […]
A few weeks back, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney and his wife Kathleen called Deshaun Watson and surprised their national champion quarterback. Last year, the Swinneys All In Team Foundation decided they wanted to build a Habitat for Humanity home in the Clemson area. The house, which is being built in Pickens, is expected to […]