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Clemson football: 5 potential replacements if Tony Elliott were to leave for TCU

By Shawn Spencer

Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott watches the team warm up before the game with Pitt at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 23, 2021.Ncaa Football Clemson At Pitt
Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott watches the team warm up before the game with Pitt at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 23, 2021.Ncaa Football Clemson At Pitt /
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The Clemson football program may have to undergo a major staffing change for the first time since 2018 when former Co-Offensive Coordinator Jeff Scott left to take the head coaching position at USF.

There are rumors swirling that current Clemson Offensive Coordinator Tony Elliott has interest in the open TCU head coaching job and the Horned Frogs have reportedly reached out for an interview.

Now, just because an interview might be conducted doesn’t mean by any stretch of the imagination that a deal is on the table.

However, it does show that Elliott is most likely still interested in making a jump to becoming a head coach at some point in the future and a down season where he has faced tons of criticism and scrutiny might be serving as a way for him to search around and see what the market holds.

Speculation is something we do here and there’s nothing wrong with having a little fun looking towards the future, so let’s take a look at five names that could be potential replacements for Elliott if he decided to head to TCU or took another head coaching job following this season.

Five potential replacements for Clemson football if Tony Elliott left for TCU

1. Brandon Streeter (Clemson QBs coach/Passing Game Coordinator)

Let’s start with the most obvious name that will likely draw sighs from the Clemson football faithful.

Brandon Streeter came to Clemson after an offensive coordinator tenure at Richmond. During that time, the Spiders had one of the better offenses in the country and Richmond was seventh in the nation in passing yards (328) in 2013, the year before he came to Clemson. Virtually every Richmond individual game, season and career school passing record was established during the 2013 season.

Streeter understands the intricacies of this Clemson football program and has been deemed the ‘coordinator-in-waiting’ for a couple of years now by Dabo Swinney.

Of course, the flipside argument to this is that Streeter is currently the ‘passing game coordinator’ for Clemson and the Tigers have one of the worst passing attacks in the country.

Would he bring the sweeping changes that many Tiger fans are looking for? Does he have the ability to lead a top-tier offense at the FBS level? A lot of questions remain on that front, but what we do know is that Streeter is a valuable recruiter and someone who has been around Swinney for more than a half-decade now.

But, what if the Tigers decided to look outside of the program?

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