Dabo Swinney goes nut on Clemson sideline in epic…
It isn’t getting any better for Clemson.
Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney amid a defensive meltdown by his struggling group during a 46-45 loss to Duke.
With less than 20 seconds left in the first half, Clemson allowed Duke quarterback Darian Mensah to join with vast receiver Que’Sean Brown on a 42-yard landing cross, tying the sport 28-28.
Swinney was far from completely happy.
Dabo Swinney has formally hit a breaking level. Clemson’s head coach completely loses it on his protection, which has given up 28 first-half factors to Duke… at home. pic.twitter.com/TJQTsnIjko— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 1, 2025
“They got 28 damn points on you!” Swinney said at one level during the tirade.
The Tigers, now 3-5 and 2-4 in ACC play, have been one of the most disappointing groups in school soccer this season.
The Tigers have suffered robust losses to convention opponents like SMU and Syracuse, while their wins have come against lowly competitors like North Carolina, Troy and Boston College.
Dabo Swinney dropping his cool on the Clemson sideline. Awful Announcing/X
Clemson had national championship aspirations coming into the season.
They had been ranked No. 3 in the preseason AP ballot.
Swinney, one of the longest-tenured coaches in school soccer, could be feeling the strain with his Tigers trudging through their worst season in latest historical past.
Clemson hasn’t had a dropping season under Swinney, a two-time national championship winner, since 2010, his third season at the helm.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney reacts in the second half of an NCAA school soccer sport against SMU, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Clemson, S.C. AP
Swinney beforehand confirmed indicators of frustration earlier this 12 months when it appeared his group was set for a disappointing season.
“What’s so bad about our program? What’s so bad about it?” Swinney said in mid September. “Like, what’s so bad about the worst season — 14 years, how many programs in college football would sign up for, and only once in 14 years, nine wins. Why are we held to a different standard to all these other teams out there who ain’t ever won nothing? We’re not perfect. And we may suck this year. We may lay a freaking egg and go 6-6, but I don’t think so.”
Later including, “If they want me gone, if they’re tired of winning, they can send me on their way. Because that’s all we’ve done is winning.”
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