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Swinney has worked hard to make his dreams come true

There are some people that believe nothing good comes from being a dreamer. Obviously, those people have never met Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.

Swinney is the dreamer of all dreamers. The 49-year old Pelham, Ala., native has been a dreamer his entire life.

“I’ve never been a small dreamer. I had a lot of time as a kid to dream. There wasn’t much else left to do,” he said.

Growing up, Swinney dreamed to be the best high school football, basketball and baseball player he could be, and he succeed in doing all three.

Though he came from a poor family where sometimes life was hard, and money was scarce, Swinney always dreamed he would attend the University of Alabama.