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Jeff Scott is the youngest member of the Clemson staff at 28 years old (born Dec. 28, 1980), but he has longtime ties to the Tigers football program. One of two Clemson graduates on the current staff, Scott lettered for the Tigers from the 2000-02 seasons and is now back on campus as a full time assistant.
He has been around the Clemson program since 1999 when his father, Brad, became an assistant coach at Clemson.
Jeff Scott became a full-time assistant coach on October 13, 2008 when Tommy Bowden resigned as head coach. When Dabo Swinney moved to the head coaching position, Scott moved from graduate assistant to wide receivers coach. He finished the regular season in that capacity, then was retained in December after Swinney was named the long term head coach.
Scott had the opportunity to work with all-time ACC receiving leader Aaron Kelly, and senior Tyler Grisham in 2008. Grisham finished his career in the top 10 in school history in receptions. Jacoby Ford, a senior in 2009, finished in the top 10 in the ACC in both receptions and reception yards. The wide receivers performance had a lot to do with Clemson winning four of its last five regular season games and earn a bid to the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl.
Scott is part of the first father-son full-time football coaching combination in Clemson history as his dad, Brad Scott, is associate head coach and offensive line coach. Brad is in his 11th full season at Clemson so Jeff has been in and around the Clemson program since he was in high school.
Jeff enrolled at Clemson and was a member of three bowl teams from 2000-02. He was a wide receiver and holder on all placekicks, helping the Tigers to a 9-3 season in 2000 and a number-14 final ranking in the USA Today poll. That team played Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl. This past January he coached Clemson wide receivers in the Gator Bowl. The 2001 team won the Humanitarian bowl, while the 2002 team also played in the Tangerine Bowl.
Scott was known for his expertise as a holder, and as a runner on fake field goal situations. He studied film of opposing teams field goal
After Scott graduated from Clemson in the spring of 2003, he went into coaching. He became the head coach at Blythewood High School and took the school to a state championship in the first year it fielded a team, believed to be a first in South Carolina High School history. One of the players on that team was current Clemson receiver Marquan Jones, who is now coached by Scott.
In 2007, Scott returned to college and was a wide receivers coach at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC. He then came to Clemson for the 2008 season as a graduate assistant. He moved to full time status just six weeks into the season.
As stated previously, his father Brad is associate head coach with he Clemson program. His brother, John, lettered in football and track at Harvard and he is now in medical school at Vanderbilt.
Jeff is married to the former Sara McDaniel.
