No surprise, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney leads the way in this national outlet’s ACC football coach rankings.
USA Today stacked up all 17 coaches in the ACC heading into the 2025 season, and as you’d expect, Swinney is slotted at No. 1.
Of course, Swinney is now entering his 18th season (and 17th full season) as Clemson’s head coach and enters the 2025 campaign as the program’s all-time winningest coach, the winningest coach in ACC history and the first coach to lead the Tigers to multiple national championships.
Clemson has won nine ACC titles under Swinney, including eight in the last 10 seasons, while he has guided the Tigers to seven College Football Playoff appearances during his tenure.