ESPN College Basketball 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.
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Phillips, who hired Clemson's Swinney, 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.
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