The former NFL quarterback joins Philip Rivers as a candidate in the Wolfpack's coaching search.
Russell Wilson sat down with NC State on Tuesday to discuss the program's vacant head coaching job, according to sources, putting the former NFL quarterback in the mix alongside Philip Rivers for a search that had largely been framed around Rivers.
Wilson has no college or NFL head coaching experience, so the interview counts as a notable twist in a process that was expected to center on Rivers, himself a star quarterback with no coaching background either. Neither Wilson nor NC State has publicly commented on the specifics of the conversation.
It remains unclear how seriously NC State is considering Wilson compared to other candidates, or what a realistic timeline looks like for filling the position. For now, the school has two accomplished former NFL passers with zero coaching résumés on its radar, which is either a bold departure from convention or a sign the search still has room to run.