Georgia Tech Visits Clemson After Coaching Staff Shakeup

CLEMSON, S.C. — Georgia Tech heads to Clemson on Saturday trying to salvage something from a season that has gone sideways, and it will do it with a reshuffled coaching staff. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium is set for 12:30 p.m. on The CW.

The Yellow Jackets are 2-7 overall and 1-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. A 44-17 home loss to Louisville last week was their fourth in a row and locked in a losing record. Since opening 2025 with eight straight wins, Tech has dropped 11 of its last 14 games, and it has lost its past four by an average of 20.5 points.

Head coach Brent Key responded two days after the Louisville game by firing four assistants. The list includes Jason Semore, in his first year running the defense, along with Allen Mogridge, who coached the offensive line; Kyle Pope, who handled edge rushers and outside linebackers; and receivers coach Jafar Williams. Key told his team the fired coaches were not the only ones to blame and that accountability starts with him.

Clemson comes in at 6-3 and 4-2 in league play after road wins at Florida State and Syracuse. The Tigers lean on a defense giving up 20.7 points a game, which ranks fifth in the ACC, and their lone touchdown in an 18-13 win at Syracuse came on a fumble return.

History favors the home side. Tech leads the all-time series 51-36-2, but it has lost eight straight at Clemson and has not won there since 2008. The Jackets did end a nine-game skid in the series last season, upsetting the 12th-ranked Tigers 24-21 at Bobby Dodd Stadium. A win Saturday would give Tech back-to-back wins over Clemson for the first time since 2008-09.

Tech still has playmakers. Senior running back Justice Haynes ran for 87 yards against Louisville and ranks 37th nationally at 79.4 rushing yards per game. Sophomore receiver Dalen Penson, in his first college season at the position, has topped 50 receiving yards in seven of nine games. First-year starter Alberto Mendoza has 1,943 passing yards and 11 scoring throws, though Grady Adamson has come on for him after halftime in each of the last three games.

Tech closes the regular season at home against No. 11 Wake Forest on Nov. 21, which is Senior Day.

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