The start of August camp for the Clemson football team will feature a different look than in the past, as several coaches will now have the opportunity to offer on-field instruction.
The NCAA Division I Council recently opened the door for college football teams to completely rework the way they build their staffs this week. It voted to remove countable limitations on teams’ on-field coaching staffs, allowing unlimited numbers of coaches to provide help on gameday.
Previously, teams were only permitted to have 11 on-field coaches—the head coach plus 10 assistants. Schools worked around these limitations by hiring off-field analysts, of which they were allowed an unlimited number, but those analysts were strictly limited in what they could do during games.