CLEMSON — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has a message to all of the head coaches across the country.

After the Tigers were victims of what Swinney termed a brazen example of tampering in the case of short-term transfer Luke Ferrelli, now headed to Ole Miss, the longtime head coach said he had numerous fellow head coaches reaching out to him with horror stories of their own.

“I have had a bunch of coaches over the last week that have reached out to me, and they are going, ‘Well, let me tell you what has happened to me,'” Swinney said during an energetic press conference from the Smart Family Media Center on Friday.

However, Swinney is tired of this stuff being kept in the dark. After Ole Miss overtly tampered with Ferrelli multiple times in an effort to lure the star linebacker away from Clemson, Swinney is attempting to bring some of these shenanigans to light, and he is challenging other coaches to do the same.

“I have had a lot of people reach out with their stories,” Swinney added. “I want to challenge all of those coaches that have reached out to me. I want to challenge all of them. You need to step up and call it out. Otherwise, don’t complain.”

While Swinney has long talked about the impact rampant tampering is having on rosters across college football, Clemson recently fell victim to one of the more obvious and blatant examples. Not only was Ole Miss head coach Luke Golding contacting Ferrelli directly, according to Swinney, but he was sending him messages while he was sitting in class.

Ferrelli had already signed his scholarship agreement with the Tigers, which triggered his name being taken out of the transfer portal. He was enrolled and attending classes, as well as taking part in team activities.

If a player who is not in the portal and taking part in team activities is not off limits, then no one is. That is what Swinney is fighting back against. He wants clarity from the NCAA on what is allowed and isn’t allowed, and he is demanding that others in his profession follow suit.

“You either step up and you be an example to young coaches in this profession and be people of integrity, or just shut your mouth and don’t complain again,” Swinney said. “That is what I would say to all of the coaches out there.”