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Published Apr 14, 2020
LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 6
Larry Williams
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Dabo Swinney's extraordinary ability to lift a football program is known to everyone who even casually follows the sport.

But what about his gift, equally extraordinary, of lifting the spirits of those who are going through periods of struggle?

These to-date unpublicized gestures -- random acts of Dabo, if you will -- are very much worthy of being documented in a more official, complete form.

So Tigerillustrated.com reached out to a number of people who have shared their own behind-the-scenes stories with us.

ALSO SEE: LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 1 | LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 2 | LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 3 | LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 4 | LETTERS FROM DABO - Part 5

Here is Part 6.

Picture the mother of a special-needs child rushing into the Clemson Bi-Lo to grab some coffee creamer and seeing Dabo Swinney in the check-out line, picking up a Valentine's Day card for his wife Kathleen.

Picture the mother thanking Swinney for a football he has recently signed and sent to her daughter Olivia. Picture Swinney telling the mother to tell Olivia, who is waiting outside in the car, that he's glad she's doing better after having gone through some tough times recently.

Now picture the mother, Giselle Wrenn, back in the car and pulling out of the parking space and telling Olivia she wouldn't believe who she just saw in that Bi-Lo.

Now picture, as the car is pulling away, seeing Clemson’s head football coach running alongside that Chevy Tahoe and screaming.

OLIVIA!!! YOU'RE MY GIRL! I LOVE YOU! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

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