Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney spoke to the media prior to Prowl & Growl event By
Clemson has been committed to keeping head football coach Dabo Swinney among the highest paid head coaches in the country.
The Tigers took another step toward doing that on Friday.
Clemson’s Board of Trustees approved a new contract for Swinney Friday morning. It is a 10-year deal that will pay him an average annual salary of $9.3 million.
Swinney is now the second-highest paid coach in the country in terms of annual salary. Alabama’s Nick Saban is first at $9.