WCBD News 2 reports: Terry Don Phillips, the Clemson athletic director who hired Dabo Swinney as the head football coach helping transform the Tigers into a national powerhouse, died Tuesday. He was 78. The university announced Phillips' death in a release, saying he had been in hospice care after being diagnosed with dementia over a decade ago. Phillips also [...]
state | politics | WCBD News 2 | May 27, 2026 9:12 AM
Former Clemson AD Terry Don Phillips, who hired Dabo Swinney as football coach, dies at 78
Terry Don Phillips, the Clemson athletic director who hired Dabo Swinney as the head football coach helping transform the Tigers into a national powerhouse, died Tuesday. He was 78. The university announced Phillips' death in a release, saying he had been in hospice care after being diagnosed with dementia over a decade ago. Phillips also [...]
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