{"id":2095,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2095","headline":"Philip Rivers agrees to become NC State's next head coach","dek":"The former Wolfpack quarterback, who has been coaching high school football in Alabama, replaces Dave Doeren after a search that also included Russell Wilson.","body":"Philip Rivers has agreed to a deal to take over as head coach at NC State, according to multiple reports, closing out a search that began when the school fired Dave Doeren following an October 23 loss to Stanford that ended his 13-year tenure.\n\nRivers, 44, is an NC State legend. He threw for 13,484 yards and 95 touchdowns across four seasons as the Wolfpack's starting quarterback, finished seventh in Heisman voting as a senior, and had his number 17 retired by the program in 2013. He went on to play 17 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the Chargers, and interviewed for the Bills' head coaching job in January without getting hired.\n\nSince retiring from the NFL, Rivers has coached at St. Michael Catholic High School in Alabama, where his team was recently eliminated from the state playoffs with a loss to Glenwood School. He has never coached at the college level.\n\nRussell Wilson, another former NFL quarterback with NC State ties, had also interviewed for the job before Rivers emerged as the clear choice in recent days.","published_at":"2026-11-09T18:20:19.146467+00:00","source_count":6,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Defector","publisher":"Defector","title":"Why Wouldn’t NC State Hire Philip Rivers?","url":"https://defector.com/why-wouldnt-nc-state-hire-philip-rivers"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Philip Rivers' Former Chargers Teammate Hopes His Son Gets to Play for NC State Ahead of Head Coaching Return","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/philip-rivers-former-chargers-teammate-104000536.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Philip Rivers is NC State’s dream coaching hire. He’s also not qualified for the job","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7764757/2026/11/08/philip-rivers-head-coach-nc-state/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Philip Rivers to become NC State head coach in bold reunion with alma mater","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/08/sports/philip-rivers-to-become-nc-state-head-coach-in-bold-reunion/"},{"outlet":"Front Office Sports","publisher":"Front Office Sports","title":"Philip Rivers Expected to be Hired As NC State Coach","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/article/philip-rivers-nc-state-coach/"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"A Homecoming At NC State: Philip Rivers Reportedly Agrees To Become Wolfpack's Head Coach","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/philip-rivers-nc-state-head-coach-hire-details"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NC State’s reported Philip Rivers hire shows we learned nothing from Trent Dilfer disaster","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nc-state-reported-philip-rivers-180353196.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Report: Former Colts quarterback hired as NC State head coach","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/report-former-colts-quarterback-hired-180038375.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Philip Rivers Expected to be Hired As NC State Coach","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/philip-rivers-expected-hired-nc-184927036.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Inside Philip Rivers' high school record: What to expect from N.C. State coach with zero college experience","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/inside-philip-rivers-high-school-210223685.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Past Popular Notre Dame Assistant ‘Name to Watch’ for Philip Rivers’ NC State Staff","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/past-popular-notre-dame-assistant-233742559.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"How good is Philip Rivers’ son? What to know about N.C. State’s four-star QB recruit joining dad","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/good-philip-rivers-son-know-235744485.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"From High School to College: Is Philip Rivers NC State’s Answer?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/high-school-college-philip-rivers-051043551.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://lede-admin.defector.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2026/11/GettyImages-1190111551.jpg","credit":"Defector","width":2222},"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"}