This past Saturday in Charlotte was a different experience for Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
Swinney was back at the ACC Championship Game, just not on the sideline as a coach this time around.
Instead of coaching in the ACC title game — like he has done 10 times as Clemson’s head man, winning it nine times – Swinney was serving as a special guest analyst on the ACC Network for its coverage of the 2025 ACC Championship between Duke and Virginia.
“I enjoyed it. It was fun,” Swinney said Tuesday morning during the Pinstripe Bowl press conference ahead of the bowl game pitting Swinney’s Tigers and Penn State on Dec.