{"id":286965,"date":"2025-10-08T16:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286965\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:37:10","slug":"clemsons-brad-brownell-explains-the-something-in-these-hills-that-drives-the-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286965\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson\u2019s Brad Brownell explains the \u201cSomething in These Hills\u201d that drives the Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Brad Brownell didn\u2019t need a microphone to make his message clear \u2014 Clemson isn\u2019t just a place where he works. It\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">Speaking at the ACC Tipoff, the veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/ncaab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clemson men\u2019s basketball<\/a> coach leaned into the program\u2019s deep roots and family-first culture that mirror what Dabo Swinney built on the football side.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">\u201cClemson is a special place,\u201d Brownell said. \u201cIt\u2019s something we talk about \u2014 it\u2019s in these hills. There\u2019s something in these hills. It\u2019s more of a feeling. You just have to come see the place, spend time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">Brownell has quietly built Clemson basketball into one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/research\/ncaab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ACC\u2019s most consistent programs.<\/a> With NCAA Tournament runs and a growing national profile, the Tigers\u2019 success, he says, is no accident \u2014 it\u2019s the result of shared values and an unshakable belief in what the university stands for.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">\u201cI sent my two daughters to Clemson. We\u2019re all-in. We love it,\u201d Brownell added. \u201cIt\u2019s because of what Clemson stands for \u2014 excellence. You see it across the entire university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">That excellence, he emphasized, extends far beyond the hardwood. Under university president Jim Clements and athletic director Graham Neff, Clemson athletics has flourished \u2014 and the success of other programs only pushes his team harder.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">\u201cIt motivates you,\u201d Brownell said. \u201cYou want to do the same with your program. It\u2019s such a close-knit family atmosphere. We spend a great deal of time together. We encourage our student-athletes to get to know other students and athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">For Brownell, Clemson\u2019s uniqueness lies in connection \u2014 between players, coaches, fans, and the broader community. It\u2019s a philosophy that continues to shape his program\u2019s identity and fuels the Tigers\u2019 pursuit of another March run.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">\u201cIt\u2019s a truly special place,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m humbled to be the coach there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Brownell didn\u2019t need a microphone to make his message clear \u2014 Clemson isn\u2019t just a place where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-286965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115339529211220458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}