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 ...

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

Allen has more than than three decades of coaching experience, most recently helping lead the Nittany Lions to a school ... of men — coming to Clemson,” Swinney said in a news release.