Todd Bates on stellar first year: "I knew best was the standard"

Todd Bates on stellar first year: "I knew best was the standard"

Bates has had an outstanding first year on Clemson's staffTodd Bates is approaching the one-year anniversary of his hire as the defensive line coach at Clemson, and it’s been quite a year. Bates has overseen one of the best defensive lines in all of college football, helped Clemson win a third straight ACC Atlantic Division title, won an ACC Championship and made a trip to the Sugar Bowl and College Football Playoff.

That’s quite a year.

“It's been a blessing. It's been fun. It's been fast,” Bates told TigerNet recently. “It's been very rewarding. It's good to see these young men's hard work pay off and they're going to reap the…