Former NC State QB Philip Rivers named Wolfpack's next head football coach
The North Carolina State Board of Trustees has made it official, naming Philip Rivers to lead the Wolfpack football team in the coming years.
Key points
- Rivers, who has never coached in college, led the Cardinals to the state playoff semifinals the previous two seasons.
- Rivers broke nearly every NC State and ACC record during his career, throwing for 13,484 yards with 95 touchdowns.
- There are also incentives in his contract for winning a certain number of games, as well as for bowl game appearances and berths in the college football playoffs.
After weeks of speculation, the board officially announced that the former Wolfpack quarterback is the new head coach on Friday.
Gunner Rivers, who is ranked 168th in the SC Next 300, threw for 10,847 yards with 119 touchdowns in his high school career.
Additional details
- Rivers played quarterback at NC State from 2000 to 2003.
- He just wrapped up his sixth season as head coach of St.
- On Friday afternoon, ABC11 obtained Rivers' employment contract, which runs through the end of 2031.
- The 44-year-old had told NC State that he wanted to finish the current high school season, and St.
- The change came after the university fired coach Dave Doeren, midway through his 14-year tenure.
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