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New contract makes Dabo Swinney the second highest-paid coach in the country

CLEMSON – Clemson University has agreed to a new contract with head football coach Dabo Swinney that will make him the second highest paid coach in the country. The contract was ratified at a Board of Trustees Compensation Committee meeting early Friday.

The new 10-year deal is expected to pay Swinney an average of $9.3 million per season. That puts him just behind Alabama’s Nick Saban, who makes $9.44 million per year.

This is a breaking and developing story, and TigerNet will have further info as it is released.

Swinney, 49, ranked seventh nationally in salary last year according to USA Today ($6.