Dabo Swinney will likely choose when he departs Clemson as the Tigers' most successful coach in program history, but that won't stop a vocal portion of the fan base from calling for his job when the Tigers get off to a slow start as they have to the 2025 season -- particularly with concerns that Swinney has allowed Clemson to fall behind the times in college football with his sparing use of the transfer portal.

Swinney has long pushed back on criticisms of his program by touting his stellar record at Clemson , comparing that to the program's relative struggles before he took over and daring the administration to fire him if they're "tired of winning," as he said after the loss to Georgia Tech . He is correct that he transformed the Tigers into a perennial national title conten

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