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Dabo Swinney joked that it was a package deal. If he's going to stay at Clemson for the next eight years, so is Woody McCorvey. Officially, McCorvey, the former Clemson and Alabama assistant coach, is the associate athletics director for football administration. Swinney calls him "my national security adviser."
"I need him to go eight more," Swinney said.
When Swinney was promoted from interim guy to head coach at Clemson after the 2008 season, it was a leap of faith to suggest he would last eight years total. Five years later, under his leadership, Clemson's become one of the better programs in college football.
Fun fact: Swinney and Clemson have beaten five top-10 teams in the last three years. Only two programs have more top-10 wins since 2011: Nick Saban and Alabama and Bob Stoops and Oklahoma both have six.
Oh, and Swinney's the only coach in college football with bowl wins the last two seasons over top-10 opponents.
Clemson just rewarded him with that new eight-year contract worth a reported $27.15 million. His salary this year, not including potential incentives, will jump from $2.2 million to $3.15 million.
No wonder Swinney was smiling Monday afternoon at Fairhope Stadium during the South team practice for the Senior Bowl. He's grown from walk-on wide receiver at Alabama to one of the more established head coaches in the country.
His Tigers are coming off back-to-back 11-2 seasons, the first time Clemson's won 11 games two years in a row, and they earned the school's first BCS win in the Orange Bowl over Ohio State. That also was the first BCS win for the state of South Carolina, as Swinney noted during the postgame celebration.
There's still the matter of that five-game losing streak to rival South Carolina, as Steve Spurrier likes to point out, and Florida State has surged ahead as the lead dog in the ACC, but Swinney has come a long way from his playing days at Pelham High School.
His run of good news has continued in the offseason beyond the new contract. Highly regarded offensive coordinator Chad Morris, a friend and student of Gus Malzahn's, turned down overtures to become a head coach to stay at Clemson.
The new eight-year deal, with heavy early buyouts for Swinney and the school, makes it appear that he's not going anywhere anytime soon. But if he continues to win, the day may come when he's a viable candidate to succeed Saban at Alabama.
That's going to be a coaching search for the ages, especially if it includes a certain former Crimson Tide walk-on fan favorite who just turned 44 years old.
The way Swinney's going, why would he not be very close to the front of the line.
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"I need him to go eight more," Swinney said.
When Swinney was promoted from interim guy to head coach at Clemson after the 2008 season, it was a leap of faith to suggest he would last eight years total. Five years later, under his leadership, Clemson's become one of the better programs in college football.
Fun fact: Swinney and Clemson have beaten five top-10 teams in the last three years. Only two programs have more top-10 wins since 2011: Nick Saban and Alabama and Bob Stoops and Oklahoma both have six.
Oh, and Swinney's the only coach in college football with bowl wins the last two seasons over top-10 opponents.
Clemson just rewarded him with that new eight-year contract worth a reported $27.15 million. His salary this year, not including potential incentives, will jump from $2.2 million to $3.15 million.
No wonder Swinney was smiling Monday afternoon at Fairhope Stadium during the South team practice for the Senior Bowl. He's grown from walk-on wide receiver at Alabama to one of the more established head coaches in the country.
His Tigers are coming off back-to-back 11-2 seasons, the first time Clemson's won 11 games two years in a row, and they earned the school's first BCS win in the Orange Bowl over Ohio State. That also was the first BCS win for the state of South Carolina, as Swinney noted during the postgame celebration.
There's still the matter of that five-game losing streak to rival South Carolina, as Steve Spurrier likes to point out, and Florida State has surged ahead as the lead dog in the ACC, but Swinney has come a long way from his playing days at Pelham High School.
His run of good news has continued in the offseason beyond the new contract. Highly regarded offensive coordinator Chad Morris, a friend and student of Gus Malzahn's, turned down overtures to become a head coach to stay at Clemson.
The new eight-year deal, with heavy early buyouts for Swinney and the school, makes it appear that he's not going anywhere anytime soon. But if he continues to win, the day may come when he's a viable candidate to succeed Saban at Alabama.
That's going to be a coaching search for the ages, especially if it includes a certain former Crimson Tide walk-on fan favorite who just turned 44 years old.
The way Swinney's going, why would he not be very close to the front of the line.
Read More Here...
