Clemson football: The Dabo coaching tree is growing new branches
By John Baker
The Dabo Swinney coaching tree has two new head coaches this fall and is one of the newest and most innovative in all of college football.
When you think of a “coaching tree” you automatically think Nick Saban or Bill Snyder. As the college football world has seen in the past few months: coaches are starting to raise up and lead their own programs after starting in Clemson. Over the next couple of seasons we will see even more coaches who have coached under Dabo Swinney with Clemson football also leading their own programs as well.
There is no doubt it will happen, it’s just a matter of time. Dabo has used a unique approach for his program, and not only has it worked, but it has lead to a “Decade of dominance” for the Tigers. So many names have come through Clemson already, and there are more to come over the next several seasons.
We did not include him for the fact that he is not coaching at the moment, but Chad Morris is one of the coaches and first coaches to rise to a head coaching job.
Each profile will provide a quick rundown of their coaching record, expectations for this upcoming season and in the future, and the likelihood that the coach could follow in Dabo’s footsteps at Clemson as the next Head coach.