Cliff Ellis is a four-time Hall of Fame Coach and former rock 'n' roll star. Ellis finished his career with 906 victories, 831 of which were in the NCAA. He was the ninth- winningest coach in NCAA history and tenured at Cumberland University, the University of South Alabama, Clemson University, Auburn University, and Coastal Carolina University.

Ellis and his wife Carolyn live in South Carolina. Their children and grandchildren love to visit them: Chryssa and her husband Tony and their children, Hannah Grace and Ellis; Clay; and Anna Catherine and her husband Marty and their children, Sarah, Abbey, and Micah.