CLEMSON – Hannah Kohn came into her coach’s office with a prepared message Saturday afternoon.
She sat down on a familiar beige couch across from Shawn Poppie, her coach of three years, facing a memorabilia wall behind his desk lined with both pocket and jumbo-sized photos of their time together at the University of Chattanooga at Tennessee. Her picture and signature also appear on a canvas commemorating Poppie’s first ACC win last season.
Poppie has coached Kohn for three seasons at two different schools, as long as any player on Clemson’s team. Her signature and picture are forever embedded in her coach’s office décor and lore.