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    "headline": "Philip Rivers signs a five-year NC State contract that starts at $3.25 million to coach his old Wolfpack",
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    "articleBody": "Philip Rivers will earn $3.25 million in his first season as NC State’s head football coach, and that is the smallest number in the deal. The school confirmed on November 13 that its former quarterback has signed a five-year agreement to lead the Wolfpack, and the contract approved by the university’s Board of Trustees that Friday was released under a public records request. The 44-year-old has never coached a college game. He arrives from St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Alabama, where NC State says he went 48-20 over six seasons. What the contract says According to copies of the deal described in reports on the records request, the salary starts at $3.25 million and climbs every year, with a yearly raise of $200,000. One report puts the five-year total at $17.05 million. The contract also lists bonuses for bowl games, including the College Football Playoff, and for regular-season win totals. The exit terms cut both ways, according to a report on the contract: If NC State fires Rivers without cause, it owes him his remaining annual salary multiplied by the full or partial years left on the deal. If Rivers walks away on or before December 31, 2027, or the last game of the 2027 season, he owes the school $5 million. That figure falls by $1 million a year until December 31, 2030. Run the schedule forward and the price of leaving drops to $4 million in 2028, $3 million in 2029 and $2 million in 2030. For a first-time college coach, that is a clear signal that NC State wants at least three or four seasons before anyone talks about the next job. For comparison, the report notes that the man Rivers replaces, Dave Doeren, was due $6.375 million this year. Rivers starts at roughly half that. Why NC State went home for its coach Athletic director Boo Corrigan called Rivers “one of one and the right person to lead NC State Football into its next era.” The school’s case rests heavily on what Rivers did in Raleigh. He started every game from 2000 to 2003, 51 in a row, which was then an NCAA record for a quarterback. Two decades later, nobody in ACC history has thrown for more career yards than his 13,484, completed more than his 1,087 passes, attempted more than 1,710 or posted more than seven 400-yard games. And his No. 17 hangs in the Ring of Honor at Carter-Finley Stadium. His NFL resume is longer. Picked fourth overall in 2004 and traded on draft day to San Diego, Rivers made eight Pro Bowls and finished with 63,984 passing yards and 425 touchdowns. He even came out of retirement to play three games for the Indianapolis Colts at the end of the 2025 season. “I am humbled and honored to be the next head football coach at NC State University,” Rivers said in the school’s announcement. “In many ways, I feel like I’m coming home.” There is a family angle as well. His son Gunner, a quarterback, committed to NC State in February and is set to join the team next season. Football families are having a moment; Badiyaa recently covered Kurt Warner’s public push for his quarterback son E.J., and you can find more in our Sports section. Rivers takes over a program that is 4-5 under interim coach Todd Goebbel and has not won a conference title since 1979. He will be formally introduced at an invitation-only event on Monday, November 16, and his first game in charge is scheduled for the 2027 opener at home against North Carolina A&T. Further reading Wikipedia: Philip Rivers Wikipedia: NC State Wolfpack football Image: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kathleen Gorby, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. How we work.",
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