Thomas Albert Clements (born June 18, 1953) is an American former professional football quarterback and coach.
He served as an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, and the University of Notre Dame.
[citation needed] Clements was the starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame from 1972 through 1974 and led the team to a national championship in 1973.
[1] In the Orange Bowl on New Year's night, Notre Dame again upset undefeated Alabama to finish at 10–2 in Ara Parseghian's final season as head coach.
[citation needed] Clements continued his career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1979, but did not fare well, throwing only two touchdowns to 11 interceptions and being replaced by Danny Sanders.
In addition, in November 2006, he was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#47) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.
In 2004 and 2005 Clements served as offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, but was released by the team after a front-office shakeup in which Marv Levy, his coach with the Chiefs in 1980, assumed the position of general manager and ultimately installed Dick Jauron as the team's new head coach.
On February 12, 2015, Clements role was elevated to assistant head coach with respective play-calling responsibilities.
[5] He worked with Rodgers for one season until the latter was traded to the New York Jets in the 2023 offseason, although Clements stayed on to assist 2020 first round pick and new starter Jordan Love.
[7] While still in the CFL, Clements received his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Notre Dame Law School in 1986.