Former NFL quarterback Philip Rivers has been appointed as the next head football coach at North Carolina State University, according to reports from SB Nation. The Wolfpack alumnus returns to his alma mater to lead the program he once quarterbacked.
Rivers played for NC State from 2000 to 2003, earning ACC Player of the Year honors twice before a 17-season NFL career with the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers and Indianapolis Colts. He retired after the 2020 season as the NFL's fifth all-time leading passer.
The hiring brings a program legend back to Raleigh, where Rivers threw for 34,188 yards and 244 touchdowns during his collegiate career. His 2002 season included a 17-7 victory over Florida State at Carter-Finley Stadium, captured in a Getty Images photograph showing Rivers scanning the field in the Wolfpack's No. 17 jersey.
