BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Though he coaches a Big Ten rival now, former Indiana head coach Tom Allen watched the Hoosiers’ 11-2 season with a smile. Now the defensive coordinator at Penn State, Allen spoke to reporters Wednesday in Miami ahead of the Nittany ...
Former Indiana head coach Tom Allen is embarking on his second coaching stop after eight long years in Bloomington — and he's hoping this move might be his last one. Former Indiana head coach ...
Allen, who spent seven seasons as Indiana’s head coach, will become the defensive coordinator at Clemson University, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel’s X post Tuesday. The 54-year-old Allen signed a three-year deal worth $6 million to replace Wes Goodwin, who was fired after three seasons with the Tigers.
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 seed) and won games against SMU and Boise State.
Allen became Indiana's full-time head coach in 2017 and had successful seasons in 2019 and 2020, posting 8-5 and 6-2 records, respectively, with two bowl game appearances.
With Allen’s hiring, five of Clemson’s 10 assistant coaches are now set to make at at $1 million in annual salary in 2025 (Allen, Riley, Matt Luke, Chris Rumph and Nick Eason). That’s on top of Swinney’s annual salary of $11.25 million for this year and puts the Tigers comfortably among the nation’s top 10 in total assistant coach pay.
Clemson’s hire of Tom Allen got high marks from this college football insider. ESPN’s Pete Thamel commented on the Tigers bringing in Allen as their new defensive coordinator, and Thamel believes
Defensive coordinator Tom Allen is leaving Penn State after one season to take the same job at Clemson, according to several reports Monday. Allen spent the previous seven seasons at Indiana as the Hoosiers head coach before he was fired after the 2023 season. Nittany Lions coach James Franklin quickly hired him.
We feel blessed to have Tom Allen and his family and really the rest of my staff, too.” Before taking the Penn State job, Allen served as Indiana's coach from 2017-2023. While he enjoyed ...
Clemson is working on a deal to make Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen its new defensive coordinator.
Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen has agreed to take the same position at Clemson, the school announced on Tuesday. Allen, who just finished his first season as Penn State's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach,
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Though he coaches a Big Ten rival now, former Indiana head coach Tom Allen watched the Hoosiers’ 11-2 season with a smile. Now the defensive coordinator at Penn State ...