With two of the last three national championship trophies sitting on campus and with recruiting buzz at an all-time high, Clemson is stretching its “Best is the Standard” slogan to one more avenue.



The Tigers will soon be able to add the title of “biggest coaching contract” to their vast collection of accolades, as the school has agreed with Dabo Swinney on a 10-year contract extension worth $93 million that will pay the 49-year-old coach an average of $9.3 million per year.



Swinney’s deal is bigger in scope than the 10-year, $75 million contract that Texas A&M gave Jimbo Fisher after the 2017 season — the largest known contract in college football — and the Clemson coach’s average annual salary will be on par with that of Alabama coach Nick Saban, who will average $9.3 million per year across the length of his deal (through 2025).



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