{"id":1198,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1198","headline":"Philip Rivers floated as possible NC State head coach","dek":"The Wolfpack fired Dave Doeren on Saturday, and the former NC State and NFL quarterback is reportedly expected to be in the mix for the job.","body":"NC State fired Dave Doeren on Saturday, and the early name generating buzz for his replacement is Philip Rivers, the program's old star quarterback. Rivers currently works as a high school head coach in Alabama, but reports indicate he is expected to be part of the Wolfpack's coaching search alongside the usual mix of coordinators and current head coaches.\n\nRivers played college football at NC State before a long NFL career that included 470 sacks taken along the way. He also has a personal tie to the program now: his son Gunner Rivers is a highly regarded quarterback recruit committed to play for the Wolfpack in the Class of 2027.\n\nIt would be an unconventional hire, jumping from high school sidelines straight to a Power Four program, but supporters argue Rivers could energize NC State's fanbase and donors and help boost NIL fundraising. He is not a stranger to high-profile interviews either, having spoken with the Buffalo Bills about their head-coaching vacancy back in January.\n\nNC State's search is expected to also include more traditional candidates as the school looks to move on from the Doeren era.","published_at":"2026-10-25T21:34:33.259650+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Could Philip Rivers replace Dave Doeren at NC State? Candidates for the Wolfpack's opening","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7723648/2026/10/25/nc-state-coach-candidates-philip-rivers-jason-eck/"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"NC State hiring Philip Rivers would be unconventional, but he might still be the right fit","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nc-state-hiring-philip-rivers-right-fit/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Could former NFL great be candidate for NC State head coaching job?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/could-former-nfl-great-candidate-002821037.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Report: Philip Rivers is \"expected to be in the mix\" for NC State job","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-philip-rivers-is-expected-to-be-in-the-mix-for-nc-state-job"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"NC State coaching candidates: Wolfpack legend Philip Rivers, Dan Mullen among options to replace Dave Doeren","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nc-state-football-coaching-candidates-philip-rivers-dave-doeren-fired/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Could NC State really hire Philip Rivers? Inside his case to replace Dave Doeren","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/could-nc-state-really-hire-234302558.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Report: Philip Rivers is "expected to be in the mix" for NC State job","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/report-philip-rivers-expected-mix-233750978.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Philip Rivers emerges as possible NC State HC replacement after Dave Doeren firing","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/philip-rivers-emerges-possible-nc-235648536.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"NC State football coaching search 2026: Candidates, hot board, names to watch from Wolfpack experts","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/nc-state-football-coaching-search-2026-candidates-hot-board-names-to-watch-from-wolfpack-experts/"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6ced688/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F516%2F987%2Fnbc_pftpm_troyaikman_261024.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}