Clemson will face the winner of NC State vs. The Tigers open the ACC Tournament on Thursday, March 9 at 9:30 p.m. The recipient of the 2023 award will be announced in March, in Houston, at the site of the men’s NCAA Basketball Championship. Clemson has finished higher in final standings than preseason prediction nine times in 13 years. Donlon comes to Clemson from Kansas City. Clemson was picked to finish 11th and tied for third. Three hours later, All Clemson confirmed a Jon Rothstein tweet that Brownell plans to hire Billy Donlon and Sean Dixon as his new assistant coaches. It also won 11-straight ACC games over two years (last four of 2021-22 and first seven this year) – an all-time Clemson record for consecutive wins over ACC teams by four (won seven in 1966-67).įor the ninth time in his tenure, Brownell coached the Tigers to a finish higher than preseason expectations. With a 14-6 mark in the ACC, the Tigers are the third team in Clemson history to win 70.0 percent of its league games, joining the 10-4 teams of 1986-90.Ĭlemson won its first seven ACC games this season to tie a school record for consecutive league games at any point in the regular season. The Tigers finished 15-1 at home and won nine league games by double-digits – the most in the ACC this season. The Jim Phelan Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I coach, is named in honor of the legendary coach who spent his entire career at Mount Saint Mary’s University.īrownell, now in his 13th season at Clemson, led the Tigers to a 22-9 overall record, including a program-best 14 ACC wins to finish in a tie for third in the ACC. BOSTON - Clemson University men’s basketball Head Coach Brad Brownell was named as a finalist for the 2023 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award, announced by on Tuesday.
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