NC State Finalizing Deal to Hire Philip Rivers as Football Coach, Replacing the Fired Doeren
Multiple outlets reported on November 8 that North Carolina State is finalizing an agreement to hire former quarterback Philip Rivers as its football head coach, replacing Dave Doeren, who was fired on October 24.
Rivers, 44, played at NC State from 2000 to 2003, starting 49 games and leaving as one of the program's career passing record holders. He went on to a long NFL career, retired after the 2020 season, and briefly returned last fall to start three games for the Indianapolis Colts.
For the past six seasons Rivers has coached at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama. His team's season ended on November 6 with a 42-35 loss in the first round of the state playoffs. Rivers has reportedly begun reaching out to potential members of a new coaching staff, having told NC State officials he wanted to finish his high school season first.
The university has not formally announced the hire. Its Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet November 12-13, and an emergency meeting could be called earlier to approve the contract. Doeren coached 14 seasons; the buyout on the three years remaining on his contract is $9.75 million, and Todd Goebbel is serving as interim head coach.
Source: Reuters
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