Former Clemson Head Coach Danny Ford was named to the College Football Hall of Fame Ballot on Tuesday.
Former Clemson Head Coach Danny Ford is one of five College Football Coaches named to the 2016 Hall of Fame Ballot. The Hall of Fame Class will be announced on January 8, 2016, which includes both players and coaches.
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Ford is joined by Darryl Rogers, who coached at Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan State and Arizona State, Memphis’ Billy Jack Murphy, Pete Cawthon, coach of Texas and Texas Tech, and Jim Carlen, who coached at South Carolina, West Virginia, and Texas Tech, according to Clemson Tigers.com.
Coach Ford led Clemson to their lone National Championship in 1981 at the young age of 33. The Tigers defeated Nebraska in the Orange Bowl that year to secure the undefeated season and the National Championship. The Tigers had several other strong seasons under his watch as he coached the program form 1979-1989.
Here is Coach Ford’s official Clemson Bio:
Ford began his head coaching career as the youngest head coach (30 years old) in Division I football with a win over Ohio State in the 1978 Gator Bowl. Three years later, he led the Tigers to the 1981 national championship and was named National Coach of the Year. In all, Ford compiled five ACC Football Championships in his 11 seasons as head coach of Clemson. His winning percentage of .760 is the third highest in ACC history and he ranks second only to FSU’s Bobby Bowden in most bowl victories while an ACC coach with six. His 96 victories, while Clemson’s head coach, are fourth-best in ACC history. At one stretch his Clemson teams were ranked among the Associated Press’ rankings for 41 consecutive weeks and his Tiger teams earned 18 wins over nationally-ranked opponents.
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