Re: Have any of You ever met Coach Dabo..

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Jan 6, 2022, 2:32 PM

Reminds me of a story about a UNC and NC State graduate standing next to each other at the urinals and the State grad started to leave without washing his hands. The UNC guy said, “ They taught us to walk our hands after going to the bathroom at Carolina “. The State guy said, “ They taught us not to pee on our hands
at State”.

I met Dabo aT a Tiger Growal in the Raleigh area. I had been recognized as the oldest graduate in attendance , former cadet. Korean veteran. Etc. He was very gracious, thanked me for my service, and we had a picture taken with his arm around my wife. My son and I talked with Coach Caldwell for at least a half hour. He is really nice and very funny..

I also met Coach Howard several times. I think I have written about sitting with him on a flight from Raleigh to DC. We had a great conversation. He thanked me for introducing my self and telling him my name. He said, “ Yould be surprised at how many people come up to me and say ‘ hey Coach, do you remember me’ and I want to say, He** no, why
should I “. Another time when we were working in DC and visited my family in Seneca, my wife and I along with our two little kids sat with him on a flight from Greenville to DC. He held our little boy on his lap and recruited him at age two. Coach was going to speak at the DC area Clemson Club. My wife and I attended. During his comments he recounted our trip together and talked about the fine youth mother Cynthia was and then said, and now I see her sitting over there drinking a martini. He was a down to earth fellow and very easy to talk to.

At the Tiger Growal I mentioned above, when I was recognized a lady came rushing out of the crowd and gave me a big hug and told me that she was Frank Howard’s daughter. She lives in Rocky Mount, NC.

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... I've met Dabo at a couple of Prowl & Growl events, but the first one in Marietta, GA is most memorable.

It was at Dave & Busters and I was working downtown so I left early to get to the event on time with all the traffic. For some reason, traffic was light and I arrived way too early and followed a big white car into the parking lot. I believe he had been to a golf event earlier.

Dabo stepped out of the car as I was walking up and we started talking ... he said, "I wonder if there's somewhere to store my golf clubs in there ..." I said, "Perhaps, but you're welcome to put them in my SUV if you want." .. and he said "Sure, let's do that!"

So, for most of the event, I had Dabo's golf clubs in my car and toward the end of the event Don Munson came up to me and called me by name and said one of the grad assistants was going to get Dabo's clubs. That wasn't a problem at all and the grad assistant put Dabo's clubs in his car.

I went back in for the last few minutes of the event, but what I took away from it were these things... Dabo is genuine, down to earth, very pleasant and easy to talk to. What you see on TV and in videos is what you get in person. When he's talking to you, he's engaged in the conversation .. not looking around to see who else is around.

And the last thing is ... either he's got a great memory because he remembered my name, or those golf clubs were so important to him that he HAD to remember it!

I wouldn't trade Dabo for ANY other coach in the country. The way he is representing Clemson and growing up the players is special indeed.

GO TIGERS!!

Have any of You ever met Coach Dabo..

Yes, but he asked me not to talk about it in public.

Makes sense.***

FIFY: Yes, but the courts ordered me not to talk about it..***

Yes, on three occasions. He's the real deal. A genuine

Met Coach Howard in Jervey as a student working there.....