The compensation committee on Clemson University’s Board of Trustees approved Dabo Swinney’s new contract on Tuesday, which will make the Tigers’ coach the eighth highest paid head coach in College Football and the second highest in the ACC.

Swinney is scheduled to make $4.5 million this year, though his annual compensation for 2016 will be pro-rated for the rest of the year. In 2017, he is scheduled to make $4.8 million, $5.05 million in 2018, $5.25 million in 2019, $5.45 million in 2020 and $5.65 million in 2021.

“You are looking at a market where very few individuals are incredibly successful at their craft and we have one on our campus and we want to make sure he stays here,” Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said.

Watch more of what Dan Radakovich said about getting a new deal done with head football coach Dabo Swinney on TCITV.

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