With this system teetering getting ready to catastrophe, it might be time for the Clemson Tigers to maneuver on from head coach Dabo Swinney.
The Tigers entered the season as a nationwide championship contender, however their College Football Playoff chances are evaporating quickly after falling to 1-2 in a 24-21 street loss to Georgia Tech in Week 3. Swinney, who’s clearly feeling the warmth amid the early struggles, despatched a fiery message to his critics on Tuesday.
Dabo Swinney says those that need him gone can have their want
“If they need me gone, they’ll ship me on my manner,” the coach stated Tuesday, through On3. “In the event that they’re bored with profitable, they’ll ship me on my manner. I will not cease. I am 55. I will go someplace else and win. I ain’t going to the seashore.
“We have received this league eight of the final 10 years. Is that good? I’ve received a protracted reminiscence in case y’all do not know …”
Swinney has received 9 ACC titles and two nationwide championships in 18 seasons at Clemson. The issue is, he hasn’t been profitable almost as a lot these days. Because the 2020 season, the Tigers have not made it again to the Nationwide Championship Recreation. Sure, they reached the primary 12-team CFP final season, however they received just a little fortunate.
Clemson wanted a last-second field goal towards SMU within the ACC Convention Championship Recreation to punch their ticket. The Tigers did not make a deep run within the CFP, dropping 38-24 on the street to the Texas Longhorns within the first spherical.
Will Clemson ever attain the identical heights it did underneath Swinney within the 2010s once more? It does not look like it, contemplating the coach is now struggling to develop quarterbacks and nonetheless not embracing the switch portal.
Clemson QB Cade Klubnik — a former five-star recruit — is backsliding in his fourth season with this system. Via three begins, he has accomplished a career-low 59.1% of his passes for 633 yards and thrown the identical variety of landing passes and interceptions (three).
Per 247Sports, Clemson had the ACC’s worst 2025 switch portal class. Miami, in the meantime, had one of the best. Take a look at how that is figuring out for the No. 4 Hurricanes, who seem like early championship contenders after a 3-0 begin.
You may’t take away from what Swinney has completed at Clemson. However it might be time for a change if it does not rebound from the sluggish begin. Issues are rising stale. If Clemson did transfer on, a coach of Swinney’s stature would land someplace else. Nonetheless, he could not produce championship-level outcomes.
