​Exclusive: Former Clemson football star turned Heat player compares Erik Spoelstra to Dabo Swinney appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Boca Raton, FL – With the biggest story around theMiami Heat still being the addition of Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks, the superstar is using training camp this week to continue getting acclimated to his new team. Other Heat players are using training camp as a way to prove themselves, as is the case with Ian Schieffelin, though his journey to the NBA has been one that few players can say they’ve followed the same path.When Miami announced that the team signed Schieffelin to an Exhibi-1o contract so he can prove himself at training camp with the organization, the one aspect that stood out to most people was his short time with the Clemson football program.Heat’s Ian Schieffelin on similarities with Erik Spoelstra, Dabo SwinneyWhile Schieffelin played four seasons with the Tigers on the basketball side, starting 70 games with the program and being a pivotal component to a few March Madness runs, his fifth season at the school had him play tight end. He appeared in eight games for head coach Dabo Swinney, logging a total of 20 offensive snaps.Watch sports LIVE with fuboTV (free trial)As college football fans will know, Swinney has been known for his success at that level, and now looking to share his talents with head coach Erik Spoelstra, Schieffelin said to ClutchPoints on Thursday in a one-on-one interview that the two have similarities. Specifically, it’s how much the two coaches care about how players develop off-the-field, or off-the-court depending on which sport, compared to when the game starts.“We’ve had two Navy SEAL guys come in here and talk to us and just kind of talk about the leadership aspects and what they’ve been through and about characteristics in life, just to carry you through, and Swinney does the same stuff,” Schieffelin said.“We’ve had a bunch of motivational guys during my time in football come and just talk, and it’s just big for off-the-court stuff as well, just to develop as a person,” Schieffelin continued. “And I think that that speaks volumes to who they are, just caring about that side of who we are as people, not just the sports side.”There’s no denying that Schieffelin’s short time with Clemson on the football side stands out, since few players have played both at the collegiate level and chosen to play basketball professionally.Heat’s Ian Schieffelin on playing football, having passion for basketballNotable names to have played college football and later been to the NBA are Nate Robinson, Darrell Armstrong, and Charlie Ward. Ward is arguably the one with the most success, as he won the Heisman Trophy in 1993 playing quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles and was an NBA first-round draft pick by the New York Knicks in 1994.For Schieffelin, the passion lay with basketball, a