Dabo Swinney knows how good he is as a coach and how Clemson is as a program. Despite some outside noise in recent years, he made that clear this week. Clemson hired Tom Allen as the new defensive coordinator following Allen’s single season at Penn State.

Allen, he said, wasn’t looking for a job. He was laser-focused on Penn State’s CFP semifinal game against Notre Dame at the Orange Bowl. The Nittany Lions made the field as an at-large team (No. 6 seed) and won games against SMU and Boise State.

Clemson has hired Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen for the same role with the Tigers. The move was finalized Tuesday by the school’s Board of Trustees Compensation Committee.

Dabo Swinney did a lot of due diligence to eventually hire Tom Allen as his new defensive coordinator. Allen, the former Indiana head coach, spent one year at Penn State before coming to Clemson. It’ll surely give a boost to the Tigers’ defense unit after Allen’s stellar job with the Nittany Lions this season.

Tom Allen wore a weary smile in Penn State's locker room after the Orange Bowl as he surveyed a silent, still group of players hurting over the Nittany Lions' 27-24 loss to Notre Dame. Penn State's defensive coordinator, at least for that moment, tried to find context.

Allen, the former Indiana head coach and Penn State defensive coordinator, will make $1.9 million in total salary in 2025, $2 million in 2026 and $2.1 million in 2027. That makes him the highest paid assistant on staff, jumping offensive coordinator Garrett Riley (annual salary of $1.75 million).

The Clemson Tigers have their next defensive coordinator. Clemson announced Tuesday it hired former Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen to the

Clemson officially introduced Tom Allen as the new defensive coordinator after he left Penn State for the same role with Dabo Swinney's program. In what some have call

Clemson's Board of Trustees approved a new contract for the Tigers' new defensive coordinator Tom Allen on Tuesday. He received a three-year deal.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney wasted no time, as he held an introductory press conference for new defensive coordinator Tom Allen on Wednesday. Allen made it clear how important

Tom Allen became Dabo Swinney's fourth defensive coordinator hire. Allen explained Wednesday why he left Penn State after one season.

Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen has reportedly emerged as the front-runner for the same job at Clemson. Here is why Dabo Swinney might want Allen.