Report: Philip Rivers has "emerged as the focus" of NC State coaching search
NBC Sports • • sports
Key Points:
- Philip Rivers, former NFL quarterback and NC State player, has become the primary focus in the search for the new NC State Wolfpack head football coach.
- There is no set timetable for the hiring decision as Rivers continues to coach high school football in Alabama.
- Rivers has strong ties to NC State, having played there from 2000 to 2003, and his son Gunner is committed to join NC State's class of 2027.
- NC State fired former head coach Dave Doeren last Saturday, creating the vacancy Rivers is being considered for.
- Rivers has coaching experience since 2021 and previously interviewed for the Buffalo Bills head coaching position earlier this year.
