Dabo Swinney is a better coach now than he was a few short years ago, and that’s saying something for someone who has already won two National Championships.
Shortly after Clemson defeated Ohio St. 29-23 to win a nailbiter of a Fiesta Bowl in late December of 2019, another football coach I know sent me a message that said he thought was the best coaching job he had seen out of head coach Dabo Swinney and his assistants. He said that Clemson was out-coached through much of the first half, but regrouped and made enough correct adjustments to pull out the win.