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Dabo Swinney will enter his 17th full season as Clemson Tigers head coach this fall.
Swinney’s accolades in that span have all the makings of a future College Football Hall of Fame coach whenever he retires. Swinney has guided the Tigers to two national championships, two more championship game appearances, and a total of nine ACC titles with the most recent coming last year in a thrilling 34-31 victory over SMU at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.
Clemson enters 2025 with a lot of expectations. Quarterback Cade Klubnik returns for his senior season after throwing for 3,639 yards and 36 touchdowns a season ago to lead the Tigers to their first CFP appearance in four years.
Klubnik’s supporting cast has also gotten better. Five-star receivers Bryant Wesco and T.J. Moore had promising freshmen seasons, and senior Antonio Williams enters 2025 as a top receiver to watch in next year’s NFL Draft. The Tigers also dipped into the transfer portal for senior receiver Tristan Smith, plus defensive lineman Will Heldt from Purdue and linebacker Jeremiah Alexander from Alabama.
Given what Swinney has already built at Clemson, and a roster that figures to go toe-to-toe with anyone in the country, it’s safe to say the Tigers’ coach isn’t feeling any pressure with regard to his job security.
On that note, CBS Sports’ nine-member panel of college football experts got together this week to unveil their Hot Seat rankings for coaches heading into the 2025 season. The panel used a 0-5 scale with 5 representing a coach who must “win or be fired,” while a 0-0.99 represents a coach who is “untouchable.”
Swinney is one such coach who ranks as “untouchable,” with a hot seat rating of 0.22. That number is tied with Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning and is only slightly behind Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart.
Swinney’s rating is also higher than…
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