Jeff Scott is headed back to Clemson Saturdays, just not in the way Tigers fans might have expected.
The former Clemson offensive coordinator is joining the school’s football radio broadcast team as a color analyst, Clemson announced Monday. He’ll work alongside play-by-play voice Don Munson and fellow color analyst Tim Bourret on the Clemson Athletic Network this season.
Scott’s schedule is mostly home-heavy. He’ll be in the booth for all seven Clemson home games at Memorial Stadium, plus two road trips: Florida State on Oct. 31 and Duke on Nov.
- He will not travel for the Tigers’ other three road games, including Saturday’s season opener at No.
11 LSU, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.
For Scott, 45, the move brings him back into the Clemson football orbit after three years away from the sideline. He has been living in the Clemson area and working in real estate since South Florida fired him late in the 2022 season.
Scott’s Clemson résumé still carries serious weight. He won national championships with Dabo Swinney in 2016 and 2018 as co-offensive coordinator with Tony Elliott. Before that, he was a walk-on receiver at Clemson and later joined Swinney’s first staff after Swinney moved from interim to full-time head coach in 2008.
His run as South Florida’s head coach never got on track. Scott went 4-26 overall and 1-19 in American conference games from 2019 through 2022 before being dismissed.
He had previously suggested a return to Clemson in some form, and plenty of fans had been pushing for exactly that - whether on the coaching staff or behind a microphone.
Scott is taking over for Reggie Merriweather, the former Clemson running back and longtime member of the football radio team. Merriweather recently stepped away after he and his wife welcomed a child, a move TigerNet reported was made for logistical reasons.
Clemson also has a new radio assignment for 2026 involving another former Tiger. Ricky Sapp, a former Clemson and NFL defensive lineman who also worked on Clemson’s strength and conditioning staff, will co-host “The Tiger Tailgate Show” with 105.5 The Roar’s Faxon Childress. The pregame show begins three hours before kickoff.
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