Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekIncluded Columnist IVJanuary 14, 2025
The Clemson Tigers have their next protective planner.
Clemson revealed Tuesday it worked with previous Penn State protective organizer Tom Allen to the very same position with head coach Dabo Swinney calling him “a fantastic leader of guys” and a “fantastic football coach.”
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“We've got a fantastic football coach– and an excellent leader of guys– pertaining to Clemson.” – Head Coach Dabo Swinney > Welcome, Coach Allen! >: > https://t.co/pRUuzQD6Dp > pic.twitter.com/nVmh9u40OR
Grace Raynor of The Athletic reported he will make $1.9 million in 2025-26, $2 million in 2026-27 and $2.1 million in 2027-28.
This relocation indicates Allen will run out the Big Ten for the very first time considering that the 2015 season when he was the protective organizer at South Florida.
He was the head coach of Indiana for 7 seasons from 2017 through 2023. While he was 33-49 general and ended up with a losing record in 5 of his 7 years, he likewise took home the Big Ten Coach of the Year throughout the COVID-shortened 2020 project by leading the Hoosiers to a 6-2 record.
The program rapidly had a hard time after that and went 2-10 in 2021.
Penn State worked with Allen as the protective planner after he was fired by Indiana following the 2023 project. All he carried out in his one season with the Nittany Lions was direct a system that completed seventh in the nation in backyards permitted per video game and 8th in points permitted per video game.
Penn State reached the Big Ten Championship Game and the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, where it lost to Oregon and Notre Dame, respectively. It likewise beat SMU and Boise State throughout the go to the CFP semifinals and enabled a combined 24 points in those 2 triumphes.
Allen's defense turned heads when it held star Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty to 3.5 lawns per bring in the 17-point win.
That exact same defense notched 2 pick-sixes in the playoff win over SMU.
“He will strike the ground running today to begin assisting us attain all of our objectives in 2025,” Swinney stated in journalism release. “He brings a lots of experience and was extremely advised by a few of the very best individuals in this company. He is clearly coming off of a fantastic year as the protective planner at Penn State, and we're thrilled to invite him as our protective planner here at Clemson.”
Allen will seek to assist the Tigers go back to being among the sport's elite programs.
Clemson went to the CFP championship game video game 4 times in a five-year period from the 2015 through 2019 seasons and won 2 of those titles. It has actually lost at least 3 video games in each of the last 4 seasons.
It went 10-4 with an ACC title and one-game CFP look this previous season.
