Brad Scott

Position: Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line
Birthdate: 09/30/1954
Experience: 9th year at Clemson

Playing Experience
Three-year letterman and two-year starter on the offensive line at Missouri-Rolla (1973-75).

Education
B.A. degree in science education from South Florida in 1979...M.S. in athletic administration from Florida State in 1984.

Coaching Experience
Assistant coach at DeSoto County High in Arcadia, FL (1979)...assistant coach at Hardee County High in Wauchula, FL (1980)...graduate assistant coach at The Citadel (1981)...head coach at DeSoto County High in Arcadia, FL (1982)...graduate assistant coach at Florida State (1983,84)...recruiting coordinator/tight ends at Florida State (1985-89)...offensive coordinator/offensive line at Florida State (1990-93)...head coach at South Carolina (1994-98)...assistant head coach/tight ends at Clemson (1999,00)...assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/tight ends at Clemson (December 2000-03)...assistant head coach/offensive line at Clemson (2004-06).

Bowl Seasons as an Assistant Coach
1983 Peach Bowl...1984 Citrus Bowl...1985 Gator Bowl...1986 All-American Bowl...1988 Fiesta Bowl...1989 Sugar Bowl...1990 Fiesta Bowl...1990 Blockbuster Bowl...1992 Cotton Bowl...1993 Orange Bowl...1994 Orange Bowl...1999 Peach Bowl...2001 Gator Bowl...2001 Humanitarian Bowl...2002 Tangerine Bowl...2004 Peach Bowl...2005 Champs Sports Bowl...2006 Music City Bowl.

Bowl Seasons as a Head Coach
1995 Carquest Bowl.

Personal Data
Born September 30, 1954 in Arcadia, FL...married to Daryle...the couple has two sons (Jeff 26, John 23).

The Clemson football program has a long list of accomplishments since Tommy Bowden became head coach of the Tigers, especially on the offensive side of the ball. He would be the first person to detail Brad Scott's contributions during his tenure, because the former South Carolina head coach has been a common denominator on every staff he has had in Tigertown.

In Scott's tenure, Clemson has recorded seven of its top-11 total offensive seasons in history, including four of the five teams that have gained at least 5,000 yards. Four of the top five yards-per-play figures and six of the top seven passing-yardage seasons have been recorded during his career on the Clemson offense coaching staff.

Those stats have translated to wins. Clemson has been bowl eligible all eight seasons, leading to 60 wins. Clemson has finished in the top 25 in three of the last seven years and has won eight games each of the last two years, the first time the program has done that in consecutive years since 1990,91.

Scott's offensive line was a major reason Clemson led the ACC in total offense, scoring offense, rushing offense, and yards per play in 2006. In fact, the 6.5-yards-per-play-figure was the best in school history. Clemson concluded the season fifth in the nation in rushing offense, its best ranking since 1992. The 2006 offensive line paved the way for the duo of James Davis and C.J. Spiller, who gained 2,125 yards, the second-highest total in the nation.

Scott coached First-Team All-ACC offensive tackle Barry Richardson, First-Team All-ACC offensive guard Nathan Bennett, and Second-Team All-ACC center Dustin Fry.

Scott served as offensive coordinator from 2000-03, and Clemson produced three of the top-six seasons in school history in total offense during that time. The 2003 team gained 5,467 yards, still most in Tiger history. Records were also established for passing yards, completions, and touchdown passes. His offense was a big reason Clemson won its final four games of 2003 by 27 points per game.

Scott's 2001 offense gained more than 5,000 yards for only the third time in school history. The 5,184 yards are the fourth-most in Tiger history, as Scott effectively used the talents of Woodrow Dantzler, who became the first quarterback in NCAA history to throw for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.

Scott came to Clemson in 1999 after serving as head coach at South Carolina for five seasons. In his first season in 1994, he led the Gamecocks to their first postseason bowl win with a 24-21 win over West Virginia at the Carquest Bowl. He served as head coach of the Gamecocks through 1998. Two of his wins during that time were at Clemson.

Before going to Columbia, Scott was on Bobby Bowden's staff at Florida State for 11 years. The Seminoles went 10-0-1 in bowl games with him on the staff. Scott is 14-4-1 in bowls as a coach.

He joined the Seminole staff in 1983, and he spent his last four years there as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Those four years included the 1993 National Championship season and a record-setting offense that featured Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward.

Florida State posted a 44-6 (.880) record with him as offensive coordinator, the most wins by a Division I-A program during that time. The Seminoles won four straight bowl games and were ranked no lower than #4 in the nation during that span.

Scott served as the Seminole recruiting coordinator for five years, where he built a reputation as a top-notch recruiter.

Prior to joining the Seminole program, he was the head football coach and athletic director at DeSoto County High in Arcadia, FL (1982), where he was conference coach-of-the-year.

Scott spent 1981 as a graduate assistant at The Citadel. Before arriving in Charleston, he was an assistant at Hardee County High School in Wauchula, FL for one year (1980).

The players he has recruited and coached read like a "Who's Who" of NFL mainstays. While at Florida State, Scott recruited Deion Sanders, Edgar Bennett, LeRoy Butler, Dexter Carter, Carl Simpson, Clay Shiver, and Chris Weinke.

Scott began his college days at Missouri-Rolla, where he was a two-year starter on the offensive line. He is a 1979 graduate of South Florida, where he received a degree in science education. He received a master of science degree in athletic administration from Florida State in 1984 as well.

Scott and his wife Daryle have two sons, Jeff (26) and John (23). Jeff graduated from Clemson in 2003 and coached Blythewood (SC) High School to a state title in his first year with the program. He is now an assistant coach at Presbyterian in Clinton, SC. He was also a Tiger football letterman and played in three bowl games (2000-02). Jeff married his wife, the former Sara McDaniel, shortly after his graduation from Clemson. John graduated from Harvard in June of 2006 and is in medical school at Vanderbilt. He was a letterman in football and track during his career at Harvard.