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NC State Appoints Former Quarterback Philip Rivers as Head Football Coach

Following the dismissal of Dave Doeren, North Carolina State University has officially named program alumnus and former NFL quarterback Philip Rivers as its next head coach.

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Following the dismissal of Dave Doeren, North Carolina State University has officially named program alumnus and former NFL quarterback Philip Rivers as its next head coach.

The NC State Board of Trustees made the announcement Friday with a five-year contract for Philip Rivers. Philip Rivers is officially the new head coach of the NC State football team, and he has a strong reaction. NC State has made it official: Philip Rivers is the football program's new head coach.

NC State made it official and announced former quarterback Philip Rivers as their next head coach after board approval Friday.

Yahoo Sports reported the story as "Former NC State QB Philip Rivers named Wolfpack's next head football coach: 'Like I'm coming home'."

4 sources have covered this story, including Yahoo Sports, Newsweek, ProFootballTalk and On3. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 4 hours ago.

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On3 reported it first, Nov 13, 12:23 PM ET. 4 outlets carried it over 3h 43m, all in the center. Half of them within 41m.All in the United States.

Left 0Center 4Right 0No left or right outlets yet.

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  1. FirstOn3Nov 13, 12:23 PM ETCenter
  2. +41mProFootballTalkNov 13, 1:05 PM ETCenter
  3. +1h 47mNewsweekNov 13, 2:10 PM ETCenter
  4. +3h 43mYahoo SportsNov 13, 4:06 PM ETCenter

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    Core event reported by 4 independent outlets across the spectrum.

    4 corroborating · 1 primary-source link

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    Key facts corroborated by mainstream + wire desks.

    4 corroborating

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