15 current college football head coaches who’d make great TV analysts
The energy, the excitement and the flat-out likability of Dabo Swinney alone would make him one of the best options, if not the best, to be a college football analyst. Of all the current head coaches in college football, he seems to be the most relatable and he has that ‘next door neighbor’ type of feel where he’s approachable and friendly with the media.
Not just that, but he’s an underdog. Sure, his playing days were at Alabama, but he took over at Clemson and the Tigers hadn’t won a national title in nearly 30 years. He was expected to turn things around and he did just that, leading the program to its second-ever national title in2016, beating his alma mater in the big game.
Like Kliff Kingsbury, he’s got a youthful feel and he relates to his players, which means that he will relate to a lot of younger fans who tune in to watch him as an analyst. He’s just an all-around good guy and someone that would take a lot of effort to dislike.
Swinney also possesses the amount of football knowledge necessary to succeed with the job. He’s played at a big-time university, he’s coached at Alabama as an assistant and he got his first head coaching job in his 30s and is succeeding, to say the least.