This week, a national outlet ranked the top coaching hires of the 2000s.
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney landed at No. 3 on CBS Sports’ list of college football’s top 25 coaching hires this century.
Only Nick Saban (Alabama; hired in January 2007) and Urban Meyer (Florida; hired in December 2004) are ranked ahead of Swinney.
In October 2008, Swinney was named Clemson’s interim head coach, replacing Tommy Bowden, who had been his position coach as a player at Alabama and was Clemson’s head coach since 1999. 2009 marked Swinney’s first full season as head coach at Clemson.