Sources: Clemson fires first-year OC Streeter
Clemson has actually parted ways with offending planner Brandon Streeter, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday.Streeter served just one
season as the Tigers’full-time playcaller, though he ‘d been with Clemson as an assistant coach since 2015, and he played quarterback at Clemson from 1995 to 1999. Streeter functioned as quarterbacks coach throughout both of
Clemson’s latest championship games, mentoring future first-round draft chooses Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. He was promoted to offending planner in 2015 after Tony Elliott delegated end up being head coach at Virginia.Editor’s Picks 2 Related This marks the very first time Dabo Swinney has actually fired an assistant coach because protective coordinator Kevin Steele was
release following a 70-33 loss to West Virginia in the Orange Bowl to end the 2011 season.Swinney had to replace both coordinators after Elliott and long time defensive planner Brent Venables left for head-coaching tasks. He made in-house hires for both jobs, promoting Streeter and defensive analyst Wes Goodwin. Swinney shrugged off concerns about the internal hires– something he’s done with the overwhelming number of staff jobs recently– by saying culture trumped experience.”Hope is a big part of this program,”Streeter said last offseason.”Someone needed to believe in Coach Swinney to get where he is. They saw something in him, and that’s what he’s finished with this personnel.
Give men chances, and you’ll be amazed what they can do with it. “Streeter really made marked improvements on Clemson’s offense in 2022. The Tigers went from 5.2 yards per play, 26.3 points per game and 2.0 points per drive in 2021 to 5.6, 33.2 and 2.5, respectively, in 2022. In both seasons, nevertheless, Clemson fought with QB concerns, as former blue-chip recruit DJ Uiagalelei floundered for long stretches, a young receiving corps failed to develop quickly, and the offensive line muddled through a number of shaky performances.Perhaps the biggest knock on Streeter’s short run was the lack of carries for star running back Will Shipley. Shipley had just 3 rushes in the very first half of Clemson’s Orange Bowl loss to Tennessee in December.Swinney almost certainly will look outside the program for Streeter’s replacement, something he did effectively when working with Chad Morris to coach the offense in 2010 and Venables on defense in 2011. Of Clemson’s nine existing on-field assistants, nevertheless, only 2 have actually worked for another FBS program in an on-field capability– and none of Clemson’s offending assistants have.Tiger Illustrated was first to report the news.