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Id like to recognize the contributions made by Frank Howard to Clemson
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Basketball. Clemson basketball has not always been as popular as it is now. Many fans credit the surge in the sport’s popularity to Ellis, Barnes, OP, CBB, or recent renovations, new facilities, etc…, but it was AD Howard who built the foundation. In 1966 Athletic Director Howard broke ground on a state of the art facility, Littlejohn Coliseum, at a cost of $72,300,000.00 in today’s dollars. This investment, while much larger than any previously made in football at the time, and probably not very popular, created the momentum needed to get us where we are today. As we look back on our success, let’s take a moment to remember Frank Howard, and what he did for all Clemson sports, not just football. His vision is the main reason I consider him the father of Clemson Basketball.
Thank you Coach Howard, and go get em CBB!
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Mar 4, 2025, 10:20 AM
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So you are saying “Frank built it and Danny filled it” also applies to basketball?
I can see that…
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I had not thought about it that way
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Mar 4, 2025, 10:22 AM
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but yes, very much the same.
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Re: I had not thought about it that way
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Mar 4, 2025, 12:16 PM
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Frank Howard is a True Legend at Clemson
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Mar 4, 2025, 10:32 AM
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Great post!
Overall, Frank Howard served as:
- Clemson Football Head Coach 1940-1969
- Clemson Baseball Head Coach 1943
- Clemson Track and Field Head Coach 1931-1939
- Clemson Athletic Director 1940-1971
Regarding football, as Sports Illustrated put it:
“If you were building a Mount Rushmore of football coaches at Clemson, Dabo Swinney and Danny Ford would most certainly be posing for portraits.
But the first face that would don that mountain would be Frank Howard. Even while Swinney and Ford have led the Tigers to national championships, the field on which they coach is named for Howard along with the emblem of football tradition, "Howard's Rock."
Howard started his Clemson career in 1931 as a line coach under Jess Neely. Neely left for Rice in 1940, and the story goes that Clemson Athletic Council Sam Rhodes nominated Howard to be the next coach. Howard, who was standing in the back of the room said "I second the nomination," and the Tigers had their new head coach.”
https://www.si.com/college/clemson/football/frank-howard-legacy-clemson
TigerNet Article with Photo of Coach Howard:
https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-football/news/look:-clemson-historic-photo-18-coach-frank-howard-resigns-35354
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Mar 4, 2025, 12:08 PM
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During most of Coach Howard's Clemson was smaller than current day Citadel and we had a purpose closer to that of the Citadel and VMI than most schools. Howard made Clemson into the best program in the ACC, took his Tigers to the Orange, Sugar, Gator and several smaller bowls. His tenure saw Clemson win more games than FSU, GT, Florida,Miami and countless other 'big name' teams. Very often Howard's team played 6 games on the road and our home games were played in front of 20,000 or fewer fans.
It is essentially impossible for modern day Clemson fans to understand how great a coach, leader and wonderful Coach Clemson had in Frank Howard. Howard retired in 1969 when I was a sophmore. I will be 75 shortly.
Coach Howard had a great and self depreciating sense of humor. He won several ACC Championships in his last 10 year but proclaimed, "I quit coaching on account of health reasons. I was making the alumni sick."
I love Danny Ford, but Coach Howard created the Clemson program that most of us have enjoyed our whole lives. I think he deserves no worse than second billing among Clemson football Coaches.
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Mar 4, 2025, 10:39 AM
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This brought tears to my eyes. I for one won't watch another Clemson BB game until an honorary jersey with Coach Howards name on it is hung from the rafters in Littlejohn.
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Mar 4, 2025, 10:47 AM
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He's still the greatest coach in Clemson basketball history in my book.
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No doubt
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Mar 4, 2025, 10:47 AM
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Without Clemson Football there would be no Clemson Basketball
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great. Now JK will make another scok with the username Frank Howard.***
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If coaches were evaluated the same way back then that they are now
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Mar 4, 2025, 12:12 PM
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Frank Howard would've been fired somewhere during his first 8 seasons.
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