{"id":906569,"date":"2026-11-05T08:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/906569\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T08:38:17","slug":"philip-rivers-looking-for-members-of-coaching-staff-in-nc-state-job-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/906569\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Rivers looking for members of coaching staff in NC State job twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He doesn\u2019t yet have the head coaching job, but Philip Rivers is apparently already assembling a North Carolina State coaching staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaaf\/acc\/2026\/11\/04\/nc-state-football-philip-rivers-head-coach\/92573302007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">USA Today reported Wednesday<\/a> that Rivers \u201chas already begun sounding out potential members for his NC State staff,\u201d with his name out there as one of the top candidates for the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, On3 reported that the former NFL quarterback, who played four years at NC State, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/30\/sports\/nc-state-homing-in-on-phillip-rivers-in-head-coaching-search\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emerged as the focus of the Wolfpack\u2019s coaching search<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/24\/sports\/nc-state-fires-head-coach-in-massive-10-3-million-shakeup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">firing of longtime head coach Dave Doeren<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41663050\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/GettyImages-2255974164.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts coach wearing a blue hoodie and a Colts cap on the sidelines.\" class=\"wp-image-41663050\"\/>Philip Rivers of the Indianapolis Colts walks to the locker room during a game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, Jan. 4, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Rivers downplayed the speculation after reports emerged but didn\u2019t shut down the rumors completely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever say never, but nothing imminent,\u201d Rivers said on Friday. \u201cNC State\u2019s special to me. There\u2019s nothing there at this point. You understand the chatter is out there. Got to take it one day at a time is all I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivers\u2019 son, Gunner, a four-star quarterback prospect, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/23\/sports\/phillip-rivers-son-gunner-who-plays-qb-commits-to-nc-state\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has committed to NC State<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it appeared the job was Rivers\u2019 to lose for a few days, ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday that another former Wolfpack quarterback was in the mix: Russell Wilson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/11\/03\/sports\/russell-wilson-interviews-for-nc-state-head-coaching-job\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wilson interviewed with NC State officials Tuesday<\/a>, per Schefter, adding another big-name candidate to the search.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Bowl champion played three seasons with the Wolfpack before transferring to Wisconsin for his senior year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41683793\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2025-game-san-francisco-49ers-147079613.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers walks the sideline during a game against the San Francisco 49ers.\" class=\"wp-image-41683793\"\/>Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers walks the sideline against the San Francisco 49ers in Indianapolis, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>He joined \u201cNFL Today\u201d on CBS as an analyst earlier this year after spending last season with the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers is supposedly still the front-runner, with On3 reporting that he\u2019s meeting with Wolfpack officials on Wednesday and \u201cremains the focus\u201d of the school\u2019s coaching search, with a deal \u201cexpected to come together soon\u201d despite the Wilson flirtation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He doesn\u2019t yet have the head coaching job, but Philip Rivers is apparently already assembling a North Carolina&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[40182,1607,399,398,396,397,349,8943,23712,15945,99],"class_list":["post-906569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-acc","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-nfl","tag-north-carolina-state-wolfpack","tag-philip-rivers","tag-russell-wilson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}