The Candidate: Dabo Swinney (Clemson)
Dabo Swinney? Really? The coach who has won a pair of national championships in the past five years and turned Clemson into a dominant power in college football? Do you really think that he would consider jumping ship and traveling across the country to Oregon?
At first glance, it sounds completely insane, I know. However, consider the fact that his defensive coordinator, Brent Venables, was just hired to be the new head coach at Oklahoma, and his offensive coordinator, Tony Elliott, is likely to land a head coaching job at either Virginia or Duke in the coming days. On top of that, Clemson’s athletic director Dan Radakovich was just hired as the new AD for the Miami Hurricanes.
Things don’t quite look the way they once did at Clemson, and Swinney is coming off his worst season since 2014 with a 9-3 record. Might he consider a change of scenery to revamp his coaching career? It might not be completely insane.
Determination: Unlikely, but not out of the question