CLEMSON, S.C. — Former South Carolina defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward is joining Dabo Swinney's football staff at Clemson, that according to David Hood of Tigernet.com.
He is expected to have an off-the-field role with the Tiger program.
Ward was Steve Spurrier's defensive coordinator from 2009-2015. Since his tenure in Columbia ended , Ward served as Fresno State's defensive coordinator in 2016 before working at Louisville for two seasons as the secondary coach. In 2018, Ward was named Louisville's interim head coach after Bobby Petrino was fired.
Since 2019, Ward has been the defensive coordinator at Chattanooga. He and Dabo Swinney have known each other since they were teammates at Alabama. Swinney is a 1992 graduate of the school while Ward graduated from Alabama in 1991.
