Clemson TigersHead coach Dabo Swinney
78 Overall rating steady
Dabo Swinney has led Clemson since 2008, going 193-58 across 19 seasons with 18 bowl trips.
- Record since 2008
- 193-58
- Seasons
- 19
- Bowl trips
- 18
Coaching profile Updated weekly
Strategy & scheme
Offensive scheme8
Defensive scheme13
Game planning12
Situational management8
Leadership & results
Comeback factor13
Underdog edge18
Recent form14
Win rate13
Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Dabo Swinney's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.
Clemson record by season
| Season | Record | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3-2 | In progress |
| 2025 | 7-6 | Lost Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl |
| 2024 | 10-4 | Lost College Football Playoff First Round Game Presented by Allstate |
| 2023 | 9-4 | Won TaxSlayer Gator Bowl |
| 2022 | 11-3 | Lost Capital One Orange Bowl |
| 2021 | 10-3 | Won Cheez-It Bowl |
| 2020 | 10-2 | Lost Allstate Sugar Bowl - CFP Semifinal |
| 2019 | 14-1 | Lost CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRES. BY AT&T |
| 2018 | 15-0 | National champions |
| 2017 | 12-2 | Lost ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL - CFP SEMIFINAL |
| 2016 | 14-1 | National champions |
| 2015 | 14-1 | Lost CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PRES. BY AT&T |
| 2014 | 10-3 | Won RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL |
| 2013 | 11-2 | Won DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL |
| 2012 | 11-2 | Won Chick-fil-A BOWL |
| 2011 | 10-4 | Lost DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL |
| 2010 | 6-7 | Lost MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL |
| 2009 | 9-5 | Won Bowl game |
| 2008 | 7-6 | Lost GATOR BOWL |
Records with Clemson since 2008, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.
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