Seems like anyone and everyone is a candidate these days for the opening at Texas A&M, even coaches who are seemingly entrenched at their current schools.

Clemson’s Dabo Swinney was asked about the Aggies job on Tuesday, and reacted with his typical bemused exasperation. Swinney is in his 16th season with the Tigers, whom he has coached to eight ACC championships, six College Football Playoff berths and national championships after the 2016 and 2018 seasons.

“I’m just focused on this job … always have been,” Swinney said, via Chapel Fowler of The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. “Just trying to beat North Carolina. It must be November — that’s all I can say.”

Texas A&M fired Jimbo Fisher on Sunday, after six years of mostly middling performances in the SEC West. Oregon’s Dan Lanning also denied interest in the job during his Monday evening press conference, saying there is “zero chance” he’s leaving the Ducks any time soon.

The 53-year-old Swinney has no direct connection to Texas A&M, though he did play for and coach under legendary Aggie Gene Stallings at Alabama. Stallings played at A&M under Paul “Bear” Bryant in the 1950s and was later on the school’s Board of Regents.

Swinney’s name has come up for other potential jobs before, notably Alabama in the event Nick Saban retires. The Pelham native has always said he is content to stay at Clemson and isn’t certain he’d still be a candidate for the Crimson Tide by the time Saban’s run ends.

Swinney’s happiness at Clemson has been a topic of late, however. The story came to a head during the “Tiger Calls” radio show Oct. 30, when a critical call from “Tyler from Spartanburg” caused Swinney — whose team was 4-4 at the time — to erupt into a five-minute rant.

“I work for the Board of Trustees, the president and the AD,” Swinney said in part. “And if they’re tired of me leading this program, all they’ve got to do is let me know. I’ll go somewhere else, where there is an appreciation.”

Swinney’s Clemson team is 6-4 heading into Saturday’s home game vs. No. 22 North Carolina. The Tigers then finish the regular season at South Carolina on Nov. 25.