In early December co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jeff Scott left the great foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains for the sandy beaches of Tampa Bay. With Scott leaving to be Head Coach at the University of South Florida, Clemson dealt with its first coordinator departure since 2014 when Chad Morris left for Southern Methodist University. 

Scott’s replacement is 33 year old Tyler Grisham, a former Clemson receiver himself. Grisham played under Coach Swinney when he was a wide receivers coach from 2005-2007 and in 2008 when Swinney became the interim coach. Grisham donned the famous 13 in his playing days at Clemson, which started the trend of slot receivers at Clemson wearing the number. After his playing career at Clemson, he went undrafted in 2009 and had a brief career in the NFL with the Steelers and Broncos. 
Coach Grisham has been a part of the Tigers football staff in some capacity since 2014 as a graduate assistant, then as an offensive analyst until 2019 when he got the big promotion to become the wide receivers coach at Clemson, otherwise known as Wide Receiver University (WRU). 

There is a lot of excitement around the hiring of Grisham. Coach Grisham has been called a technique freak by his receivers, and has a great attention to detail, which is pivotal when coaching the receiver position. Grisham started where Scott left off on the recruiting trail, as Clemson received two top notch wide receiver commitments for the 2021 class in Dacari Collins and Beaux Collins, both top 30 at their positions. 

While there is excitement that comes with a new hire, especially when it is a former player, there also are some unanswered questions that Grisham is going to have to deal with. In June Clemson lost star receiver Justyn Ross to a neck injury, causing a once deep receiver group to become a leaner and less experienced one. Frank Ladson and Joseph Ngata are your prototypical Clemson receivers, as they are both tall and can take the top off a defense. That being said, they will need to step up this year and play a more prominent role in the Tigers offense this year. Last year, both Ladson and Ngata combined for 368 yards and 6 touchdowns. 
Grisham and the offensive staff will have to turn to fifth year senior Cornell Powell, senior Amari Rodgers and leading returning receiver Travis Etienne early to let Ngata and Ladson settle into their roles. For his first year as wide receiver coach, Grisham sure does have his work cut out from him, but Coach Swinney and fans are optimistic. The best is always yet to come.