Dabo Swinney is all too familiar with what Gerard Parker is going through at Purdue University this football season.
Parker, the Boilermakers’ young wide receivers coach up until two weeks ago, was named as interim head coach on Oct. 16 when Darrell Hazell was fired after going 9-33 in his four years there. Eight years earlier, Swinney was feeling the same emotions at Clemson after he took over for Tommy Bowden, who resigned at the midway point of the season.
“I wouldn’t wish that on anybody. That’s a difficult situation, especially when you’re a young coach,” Swinney said on Wednesday during the ACC’s Coaches’ Teleconference with the media.