Clemson promotes Brandon Streeter, Wes Goodwin as Dabo Swinney stays within to fill coordinator vacancies

Clemson announced the much-awaited news regarding the future of Dabo Swinney’s coaching staff, naming the replacements for Tony Elliott and Brent Venables after both coaches parlayed their success as coordinators into head-coaching jobs at Virginia and Oklahoma, respectively. On Tuesday, Clemson announced that Brandon Streeter will be promoted to the offensive coordinator role, while Wes Goodwin elevates into the defensive coordinator position. 

This isn’t the first time Swinney has had to replace assistants because of a promotion to the head-coaching ranks, and to answer the challenge, the two-time national championship-winning coach has once again elected to promote from within on the 2021 staff. 

To replace Elliott as offensive coordinator after his hire by Virginia, elected to promote his quarterbacks coach. Streeter, a former Clemson quarterback himself who first joined Swinney’s staff in 2015, will continue to work with the quarterbacks while Kyle Richardson joins the on-field staff as pass game coordinator and coach of the tight ends. 

When Chad Morris left to become the head coach at SMU, he was replaced by Jeff Scott and Tony Elliott as co-coordinators. When Scott left to become the head coach at USF, Elliott took over the sole coordinator duties and the other responsibilities were shifted. Streeter’s time as quarterbacks coach, which has included both national championships of the Swinney era, made him an obvious candidate. 

The defensive coordinator role had a little less precedent since Venables had held that role for Clemson since the start of the 2012 season. But Swinney again decided to lean on his current staff to fill the vacancy. 

Goodwin has been promoted from senior defensive assistant to defensive coordinator…

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