(ESPN on Clemson hiring Dabo Swinney)
Coaching hires have been a laugh riot this holiday season
by Pat Forde
Dec 18, 2008
Coaching hires have been a laugh riot this holiday season
by Pat Forde
Dec 18, 2008
- Clemson.The hire: Swinney, who was recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach until Tommy Bowden was whacked in midseason. The grade:D-plus.
Swinney was part and parcel of a failed season, but somehow got a promotion out of the deal. Who knew that beating Duke and Virginia could lead to such ample rewards? Clemson fans loved the fact that the Tigers closed the regular season by beating rival South Carolina. But hey, Bowden beat the Gamecocks seven times in nine tries and look where that got him. Swinney has the same thing going for him that Sarkisian has at Washington: the in-conference competition in the ACC isn't that stiff.