NC State made it official today that Philip Rivers will be the football program’s next head coach, and he will be introduced on Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. ET. ACC Network will carry the press conference live.
Rivers’ deal with NC State is reportedly worth $3.25 million annually over five seasons, and the buyout is his salary multiplied by the number of years remaining on his deal. This part of the risk, at least, is relatively inexpensive.
From NC State’s press release:
“I am humbled and honored
to be the next head football coach at NC State University,” Rivers said. “In many ways, I feel like I’m coming home. This is where it all began for me as an 18-year-old kid from Alabama, and now to return to this great place as head coach is beyond words.
“I gave it everything I had here as a player for 51 games and I will give it everything I have as the coach. There’s no denying that this is going to take hard work, but we’re not scared of hard. I look forward to getting after it every single day with an unbelievable coaching staff and a group of players who are dedicated to relentlessly pursuing victory.”
Philip is one of the most competitive guys out there, and hopefully he can channel that in the right way in this new position, because it’s going to be a lot for him. As with all new coaching hires, I’ll be cautiously optimistic until proven otherwise.
