Swinney named head coach at Clemson

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Clemson has promoted interim football
coach Dabo Swinney to the permanent job.
    Athletic director Terry Don Phillips said in a news release
Monday afternoon that Swinney, a Pelham native and former Alabama receiver,
would get a five-year contract.
    Swinney took over as interim coach Oct. 13 when Tommy Bowden
resigned from the flailing Tigers.
    He won four of his final five games to become bowl eligible. The
clincher came this past Saturday when Clemson soundly defeated
rival South Carolina 31-14.
    Phillips had traveled the country interviewing candidates the
past month.