CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has hired two new assistant coaches to replace the pair he let go last week.
Matt Luke will take over as the offensive line coach and Chris Rumph will handle defensive ends. They replace offensive line coach Thomas Austin and defensive ends coach Lemanski Hall, who were fired on Thursday.
The Board of Trustees approved both hires Monday.
Luke, 47, has 27 years of college coaching experience, including three years as the head coach at Mississippi from 2017-19. He got a three-year deal for $3.275 million.
Rumph, 51, previously worked at Clemson as the defensive line coach from 2006-10 during a 25-year career. He’s spent the past four seasons coaching in the NFL with Houston, Chicago and Minnesota. He got a three-year deal for $3.05 million. The Calhoun County graduate was a USC linebacker who played on that 1994 Gamecock squad which won the Carquest Bowl, the first bowl win in the program’s history. He has also had stops at Alabama, Texas, Florida and Tennessee before moving to the NFL in 2020.
The Tigers (8-4) will face Kentucky in the Gator Bowl on Dec. 29.