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Nc State Moves Even Closer To Hiring Philip Rivers

Don't expect Philip Rivers to come out of retirement again this season. He'll be busy.

Via ESPN, the NC State board of trustees is expected to finalize a contract that will make Rivers the next head coach of the Wolfpack.

Rivers played for NC State from 1999 through 2003. He was the fourth overall pick in the 2004 draft, technically of the Giants. He was traded to the Chargers (with Eli Manning going to New York), and Rivers played for the Chargers through 2019. He spent 2020 with the Colts, and he unexpectedly returned late in the 2025 season to play for the Colts again.

Rivers became a high-school coach in Alabama in 2021. He has never coached at the college or pro level, but he interviewed for the Bills' head-coaching job.

It's not known whether he still aspires to coach at the NFL level. As he gets experience at NC State — and if he does well — buzz could build for a shot with an NFL team.

For now, he'll be returning to the place where he played college football. His name surfaced almost immediately after long-time coach Dave Doeren was fired last month. Along the way, NC State interviewed fellow former NC State quarterback (and NFL quarterback and current CBS analyst) Russell Wilson.

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Nc State Moves Even Closer To Hiring Philip Rivers

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