Dabo Swinney still thinks of himself as that small-town guy from Pelham, Ala. And though that might be the case, the reality is he is the current owner of the largest contract in the history of college football.
As everyone knows in the sports world, Swinney was approved by Clemson University’s Board of Trustees a 10-year, $93 million contract last Friday. On Thursday, Swinney spoke publicly for the first time about his new deal and what it means for both him and Clemson moving forward.
“I think (the term) is what everyone wanted the message to be through this contract, not the numbers or anything like that,” he said prior to speaking at IPTAY’S final Prowl & Growl event of the year in Florence, S.