It’s that time of the college football season when head coaches get fired, jobs open up, and oftentimes Clemson assistants are rumored to be candidates for other gigs.
After Steve Addazio was let go by Boston College on Sunday, Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel named Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott among 10 potential candidates to replace Addazio.
Elliott is used to hearing his name mentioned for various head coaching positions each year, but says his focus is not elsewhere – it’s on the here and now and helping the Tigers be successful.
“The same thing that I say every year … Coach Swinney, these players, this staff, man they’ve been too good to me over the years for me to be distracted this time of the year,” Elliott said on Monday when asked about being linked to the BC job.