Clemson Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney is being urged to make a stunning career change.
Dabo Swinney has been head coach of the Clemson Tigers since 2009, and there appears to be no near end in sight for the two-time national champion.
Yes, Swinney has certainly lost some of his luster in recent years, but he has bought enough good will with Clemson that he isn't going to be losing his job any time soon.
But once Swinney and the Tigers do decide to part ways, what will come next for the 56-year-old?
Well, Will Vandervort of The Clemson Insider has offered an absolutely wild solution for Swinney: becoming college football's first commissioner.
"Why should Swinney be college football’s first commissioner? Why not?" Vandervort wrote. "Swinney is a man of high character. He has high moral values. He loves college football. He values education and he truly cares about the players."
Vandervort's idea surfaced after Swinney's press conference in which he called out Ole Miss for tampering following the Luke Ferrelli debacle.
Clemson Tigers coach Dabo Swinney. Credit: Ken Ruinard / USA Today Co / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images."But what Swinney is proud of the most is that his Clemson teams have done it the right way," Vandervort wrote. "They have won with class, character and dignity. They have not cut corners. And the most important thing to Swinney is that his players have graduated and they are now leaders in their communities, jobs and households."
Of course, whether or not Swinney would actually want the headache that would come with that is anyone's guess.
Swinney is definitely one of the more admirable coaches in the sport. Not only has he experienced considerable success, but he holds himself to a certain standard and also expects his players to follow suit.
The fact that he was so emboldened in ripping Ole Miss for its nefarious transfer portal activity is something that you don't see everyday. Heck, you really don't see it at all.
Swinney himself said he was aggravated that fellow coaches complain about tampering, but don't bring any public attention to it.
For all of those reasons, yes; Swinney would absolutely make sense to be the head of college football. But while it's a novel and heartwarming idea, the chances of such a thing actually occurring are slim to none.
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