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Ranking 25 college football head coaches based on their ‘cool teacher’ factor

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns talks with head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys before the game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns talks with head coach Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys before the game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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SYRACUSE, NY – OCTOBER 13: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers congratulates Kelly Bryant #2 after a scoring drive during the first quarter against the Syracuse Orange at the Carrier Dome on October 13, 2017 in Syracuse, New York. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) /
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Dabo Swinney

, Clemson

Dabo Swinney has taken the Clemson Tigers and turned the team into what is nearly now considered to be a blue blood program. Clemson has gone to back-to-back National Championships under Swinney and took home last year’s College Football Playoff National Championship after defeating his alma mater, Alabama.

The way Swinney does things with Clemson constantly keeps attention on him. He’s helped bring a top-notch facility to the campus and brought more excitement than there has been in the history of the program. All the good things that Swinney is doing here also keeps some of the best recruits interested in playing for him.

Contending for the National Championship for a head coach that is not named Nick Saban or Urban Meyer is a pretty cool thing to do. It almost seems guaranteed now that Clemson will come out of the ACC each season. The Tigers have only missed out on the Playoff one time in its three years of existence. Florida State was the only other team from the ACC to make it over Clemson.

Other programs have tried to pry Swinney away from Clemson, but he is committed to staying with this program. It seems like Alabama would be the only possibility of luring Swinney away since that’s where he played his college ball at.

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