NC State is reportedly set to hire former NFL quarterback Philip Rivers as its next head football coach, according to multiple reports. The move has drawn immediate comparisons to the ill-fated tenure of Trent Dilfer at UAB, where the former Super Bowl-winning quarterback lasted just one season before being fired.
Rivers, 42, retired from the NFL after the 2020 season and has since served as a high school coach in Alabama. His lack of college coaching experience mirrors Dilfer's background when he was hired by UAB in 2022. Critics argue that the Wolfpack are repeating a mistake by entrusting a program to a novice coach with only name recognition.
