Media Day Notes: Rumph not coaching a circus, Tigers have an all-star cast

Rumph had a quotable media day (Photo by Merrell Mann).CLEMSON – The Clemson coaches have kicked off the 2025 season with a bang, and we have notes and quotes to pass along before we speak with head coach Dabo Swinney. It was Chris Rumph who made the most noise.

*Defensive analyst John Scott – who hails from nearby Greer and coached at Penn St. and the Detroit Lions – said coming to work every day is like coming to work with an All-Star cast. The Tigers have former head coaches in Mike Houston and John Grass (who have won championships elsewhere) and Lorenzo Ward along with Tom Allen and all of the former Clemson players, and it’s a who’s-who of coaches. Ward told me he thinks Swinney was…