Clemson’s new defensive coordinator arrives with a simple yet powerful philosophy: fast, physical, and fundamentally sound ...

Tom Allen carries a wealth of coaching experience, dating back to 1992. He will be tasked with reviving Clemson's defense ...

Tom Allen is Clemson’s defensive coordinator because he runs a unit that fits what Dabo Swinney was looking for. Swinney was ...

A longtime believer in “blooming where you’re planted,” Swinney has now made five straight outside hires for assistant ...

Allen, he said, wasn’t looking for a job. He was laser-focused on Penn State’s CFP semifinal game against Notre Dame at the Orange Bowl. The Nittany Lions made the field as an at-large team (No. 6 ...

Tom Allen served as Penn State's defensive coordinator for one year. He is the fourth defensive coordinator hired under Dabo ...

After a semifinal elimination during the College Football Playoffs, former Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen decided ...

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson has hired Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen for the same role with the Tigers, a move that ...

Dabo Swinney’s philosophy is “Big people beat little people.” Translation. Swinney wants to dominate the lines of scrimmage, which is what drew him to former Penn ...

In a recent Fox Carolina interview, Clemson head Coach Dabo Swinney said he hired Tom Allen as Clemson's new defensive coordinator based on his strong leadershi ...

Tom Allen wore a weary smile in Penn State's locker room after the Orange Bowl as he surveyed a silent, still group of ...

It’s official: Tom Allen is Clemson’s new defensive coordinator. Coach Dabo Swinney and the Tigers have their new DC in place after the Clemson University Board of Trustees compensation committee ...