Dabo Swinney To Compete In 2023 Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge

Greensboro, Ga. – Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney will represent the Tigers in the 16th-annual Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament held April 30 to May 2 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside of Atlanta, Ga. A field of 20 current and former college football coaches will compete for a share of a $300,000 charity purse.

The nation’s premier collegiate coach golf event will be played in two-man scramble format in an 18-hole tournament. The Stableford scoring system will be used to help balance handicaps and encourage aggressive play.

Proceeds from the competition benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. Swinney’s winnings will go to the All In Team Foundation, which raises awareness of critical education and health issues in order to change lives of people across the state of South Carolina.

The current field of competitors for this year’s Peach Bowl Challenge is projected to include:

COACH	CURRENT OR FORMER SCHOOL(S)	CHARITY
Dino Babers	Syracuse	Dick Tomey Legacy Fund – Positive Coaching Alliance
Shane Beamer	South Carolina	The Beamer Family Foundation
Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	CarePortal
Randy Edsall	Maryland, UConn	Edsall Family Foundation
Chan Gailey	Georgia Tech	Fellowship of Christian Athletes – Georgia Region
Jim Grobe	Ohio, Wake Forest, Baylor	Fisher DeBerry Foundation
Bobby Johnson	Vanderbilt	Sea Island Habitat for Humanity
Paul Johnson	Navy, Georgia Tech	Paul & Susan Johnson Family Foundation
Brent Key	Georgia Tech	TBD
Urban Meyer	Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State	Urban And Shelley Meyer Family Foundation
Jeff Monken	Army West Point	Legacies Alive
Dan Mullen	Mississippi State, Florida	Mullen Family 36 Foundation
Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Rick Neuheisel	Colorado, Washington, UCLA	Wedgewood Charity
Mike Norvell	Florida State	Keep Climbing Family Foundation
Houston Nutt	Boise State, Arkansas, Ole Miss	Chickasaw Foundation
Tom O’ Brien	Boston College, NC State	National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center
Kirby Smart	Georgia	The Kirby Smart Family Foundation
Steve Spurrier	Duke, Florida, South Carolina	HBC Foundation
Dabo Swinney	Clemson	All In Team Foundation

This represents Swinney’s 11th appearance in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, as he looks to add to the $290,000 in charitable winnings he’s already won in previous events.

Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $9 million in scholarship and charity, helping make the Peach Bowl college football’s most charitable bowl organization.

“We’re looking forward to welcoming both new and familiar faces to this year’s event as some of college football’s biggest names compete off the gridiron for a great cause,” said Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and President Gary Stokan. “While bragging rights are certainly on the line for the coaches, it’s the charities they’re playing for who will be the real winners.”

This year’s field includes an impressive roster of college football greats that features three former Dodd Trophy winners, and a collective group of coaches who have won eight national championships (including four of the last seven titles), 38 FBS conference championships and boast 1,999 career wins.

The 2023 field features 17 coaches who have previously competed in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, while Missouri Head Coach Eliah Drinkwitz, Florida State Head Coach Mike Norvell and Georgia Tech Head Coach Brent Key will all make their first-ever appearance in the event.

Pairings for the 2023 Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge will be announced prior to the event.