CLEMSON – Dan Radakovich and Graham Neff called it The Swinney Effect. It might as well be called Dabonomics.
Clemson and coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a 10-year, $93 million deal on Friday, making it the largest deal in college football history. Swinney, who has won two national championships with the Tigers, is on pace to make the same average salary as Alabama coach Nick Saban. Both are set to average $9.3 million per year throughout their respective deals.
Swinney is set to make $8.25 million in the first two years of the new deal, increasing to $10 million in 2028, the last year of the contract.