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What Dabo Swinney said about his former OC Chad Morris getting fired by Arkansas
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Posting a 4-18 record in nearly two seasons as the program’s head coach, Chad Morris was fired by Arkansas on Sunday.
The move came one day after the Razorbacks lost to Western Kentucky, 45-19, in Fayetteville. Former Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey, who transferred out of Morris’ program following the 2018 season, led the way for the Hilltoppers with 290 total yards and three scores.
Having served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Clemson from 2011-14, Dabo Swinney was asked about his former co-worker – and good friend – during his Sunday teleconference.
Eric Boynton of the Spartanburg (South Carolina) Herald-Journal and TigerNet.com shared Swinney’s comments on the matter:
https://twitter.com/ericjboynton/status/1193670382143844359
https://twitter.com/ericjboynton/status/1193670795492548609
Dabo on Chad Morris firing: "Tough business. I hate it for him and those guys on the staff and their families. They are going to be a lot of people in this business fired if you only get 1 year and a half to build a program."
— TigerNet.com (@ClemsonTigerNet) November 10, 2019
Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr. will serve as Arkansas’ interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Still winless in SEC play at 0-6, the Razorbacks are idle until November 23 when they travel to Baton Rouge to battle the No. 2 LSU Tigers.
Improving to 10-0, Swinney’s Tigers routed North Carolina State on Saturday, 55-10. Their final home game of the season, Clemson hosts No. 17 Wake Forest on November 16.
A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Teddy Rydquist has been contributing to Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition since 2019. In addition to his work here, he has covered the Michigan Wolverines for GBMWolverine and Wolverine Digest. He can be found on Twitter @TeddyRydquist.
