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Does coaching at any one school have a shelf life? Its been around 10 yrs
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Does coaching at any one school have a shelf life? Its been around 10 yrs


Oct 30, 2025, 10:14 AM
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Since the championship give or take a few years between. But, With inevitable changes in most things- does having a certain kind of coach in a certain era have a shelf life? I am a Dabo fan but is it that Clemson with him finds itself in a new world of football that makes it not work as well as it did 10 years ago? I do not want him to leave or get fired but he would have to do a whole new culture.

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Do we really expect to be winning national championships at Clemson more than

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Oct 30, 2025, 11:22 AM
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once every 10 years?

With how many teams are in college football (even just the 4 Power Conferences) more than once every 10 years is a crazy expectation. I mean it's been close to 40 years for schools like Notre Dame and Penn State. Texas had one in 2005, but before that it was 1970. Oregon has still never won one.

I just think people have crazy expectations for this sport. I think a lot of people are just unaware that we were completely spoiled by one of the greatest runs in college football history from 2015-2020. That kind of a run just doesn't happen often anywhere.

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Oct 30, 2025, 11:25 AM
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Why are we bringing up championships when we are currently a bottom of the barrel acc school.

We are asking to be competitive, not some unrealistic goal of constantly winning titles.

I definitely do expect an $11MM coach to be in the running for an ACC title year in and out though.

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Stop being reasonable.


Oct 30, 2025, 11:27 AM [ in reply to Do we really expect to be winning national championships at Clemson more than ]
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It doesn't fit the narrative.

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Re: Stop being reasonable.

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Oct 30, 2025, 12:45 PM
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It literally isn’t the narrative though lol.

Dabo has us barely making a bowl and you think people are complaining we aren’t winning a nation title.

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You sent me down the rabbit hole


Oct 30, 2025, 11:41 AM
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Current longest coaches at 1 school:

-Ferentz at Iowa 1999 - Fairly consistent 8/9 win seasons with the occasional 10 win season
-Whittingham at Utah 2005 - Still very consistent. Had a few losing seasons and bounced back nicely.
-Calhoun at Air Force 2007 - New transfer rules have really taken a toll on the academies (and Clemson for that matter)


Historical longest tenures at 1 school since 2000:
-Paterno 46 years - Some of his best records were in his last 7 years.
-Bowden FSU 34 years - He didn't really fizzle out until after 25 years.
-Patterson TCU 20 years - Things went south for him around year 16.
-Gundy Ok State 19 years - He was having 10 win seasons up until 2 years ago.
-Saban - Complete outlier


In summary, the greats don't have a 10 year shelf life.

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Re: Does coaching at any one school have a shelf life? Its been around 10 yrs


Oct 30, 2025, 11:56 AM
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I forget if it was Jimmy Johnson or Bill Parcells that a coach only has about 5 years before their message at the same place starts to lose its effect.

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