CLEMSON, South Carolina — Lemanski Hall and Thomas Austin will not rejoin Clemson’s coaching staff in 2024, head coach Dabo Swinney announced today. Below are the complete statements regarding the staff changes that took effect this week.
DABO SWINNEY’S STATEMENT ABOUT LEMANSKI HALL: “Lemanski Hall and I met and had a great conversation about his future and long-term goals both personally and professionally. After much deliberation, we decided that he should look for opportunities to advance his career elsewhere.”
“For Ski, his wife Leslie, and their family, I am incredibly grateful. Since 1989, Lemanski and I have been practically lifelong friends, and I cherish him as a brother. I am grateful for the influence he has had at Clemson University.
“Since joining our program in 2015 as an analyst, he has participated in four national championship game appearances, six College Football Playoff teams, seven ACC championship teams, and two national titles. Great players like Clelin Ferrell, Austin Bryant, Myles Murphy, and many more have been coached and recruited by him since he started as an on-field coach in 2018. I am proud of the work he did this year to develop T.J. Parker, who could be a future Freshman All-American.
“I am grateful for both his impact here and for his friendship, and I wish him nothing but the best with his next endeavor.”
STATEMENT FROM LEMANSKI HALL:
“I am so grateful and thankful for the opportunity that Clemson has given me over the past nine years.
“Clemson has been so good to me and my family, and my wife and I want to thank the entire Clemson Family for being such a blessing in our lives. I also want to especially thank Coach Swinney and his wife, Kathleen, for welcoming us the way they have for almost a decade. I similarly want to thank Graham Neff, President Clements and the Board of Trustees for their faith in me representing this university for so many years.
