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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Dabo Swinney, Clemson Head Coach, joins Darien Rencher and Mo Hasan. Coach Swinney talks with the fellas about his challenging journey to success, winning championships, his foundation of faith, navigating the new NIL/Transfer Portal world, and ultimately legacy he wants to leave at Clemson and within college football. Great look into the life of one of college football's most prominent voices, and you can see why he is beloved and respected by the Clemson fanbase and beyond. Coach Swinney is often criticized, but there are few that genuinely care as much as him.

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0:00.0	I want to ask you coach, because you've had your share of adversity as well early in your career.
0:04.9	ESPN had you as a D plus hire when you first got here, which is crazy to hear now because you're one of our coaching legends.
0:12.4	One of the most winningest coaches in college football history.
0:15.2	You win six games in 2010.
0:17.3	I'm sure there was a lot of outside noise.
0:19.4	I just would love to know from your perspective,
0:21.9	coach, like what did you learn about adversity getting through those moments?
0:25.9	Well, I mean, my whole life I've had to deal with adversity, literally, you know. So
0:31.5	football ain't adversity to me. It's fun. I mean, I know know real adversity i've seen my sister-in-law you know
0:39.3	die in a hospital from cancer and leave two sons you know i have it i have adversity has given me
0:44.7	perspective in life i've i've i've slept on a floor i've had my mom live in college of me and sleep
0:51.3	in the same bed i've been without a car. I've been,
0:54.9	I've, you know,
0:55.9	dealt with a lot of things in my life,
0:58.2	real adversity.
0:59.5	And that adversity shaped and developed me.
1:03.0	But for me,
1:04.9	you know,
1:06.2	just everything goes back to a foundation of faith.
1:08.6	And I've just always believed in myself. I mean,
1:11.6	you've got to have some really unshakable belief to go walk on at Alabama with 150 people and say,
1:17.8	oh, yeah, I can do this. But I believe that. And I didn't know any different. And that goes back to,
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