CLEMSON — When Clemson visits North Carolina this Saturday at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C., Dabo Swinney will hit a milestone that just two others have reached before at Clemson – he will coach in his 300th game as either the head coach or as an assistant.
What is crazy, it almost never happened.
Swinney first came to Clemson in 2003, when he joined Tommy Bowden’s staff as his wide receivers coach. But before any of that happened, Swinney almost went back to his beloved Alabama, where he played and coached there from 1988-2001.