Dec 1, 2012
North Carolina State University wasted little time in filling their vacant head football coaching position as Dave Doeren was selected Saturday to lead the Wolfpack, less than a week after the position became available.
Doeren, who had a formal interview with NC State Saturday, previously served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois where he led the MAC’s top-ranked scoring unit and a school-record 12-win season in 2012. Doeren lead the No. 18 Huskies to a 44-38 double overtime win over Kent State Friday night in the MAC Championship game.
“Coach Dave Doeren is a highly motivated overachiever who shares our goals to pursue aggressively a high level of achievement in the classroom and on the field of competition,” stated athletic director Debbie Yow.
Doren becomes the 34th head coach in NC State history after Tom O’Brien was fired Sunday. O’Brien compiled a 40-35 record in six seasons in Raleigh, taking the Wolfpack to four bowl games in five years, including each of the last three.
“I am honored and excited to join the Wolfpack. NC State has world-class facilities and fans that are second to none,” Doeren said. “I want to thank Chancellor Woodson and Debbie Yow for this tremendous opportunity. My family and I can’t wait to get to Raleigh and become Wolfpackers. While I look forward to our future at State, I want to acknowledge and thank the Northern Illinois players and fans for their support the last two years, especially President Peters and Jeff Compher [athletic director].”
NC State will formally announce Doeren at a press conference on Sunday, fans can listen to the press conference live on 99.9FM The Fan ESPN Radio, watch it live on WRAL 2 or online at WRAL.com and WRALSportsFan.com. WRAL 2 can be seen over-the-air on 5.2 and on Time Warner Cable, digital, channel 106.
Over two years at Northern Illinois Doeren’s offense scored 40 points or more 16 times in 27 games. This season alone, the program scored 40.8 points per game and is in the Top 15 nationally in 4th down conversions (2nd), rushing offense (9th), scoring offense (10th), 3rd down conversions (15th), and total offense (15th). Doeren’s overall record at NIU over two years as head coach was 23-4 and 17-1 against Mid-American Conference (MAC) opponents.
NC State Athletics director Debbie Yow has made it known that she expects the Wolfpack to be a perennial Top-25 team and to do so with a focus on in-state recruiting. O’Brien managed to finish in the Top-25 just once in six seasons – No. 25 in 2010.
Prior to becoming the head coach at Northern Illinois, Doeren served a five-year stint from 2006-2010 at the University of Wisconsin as the co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator. He finished his last three years as defensive coordinator and his defenses were consistently ranked in the Top 25. During Doeren’s time there, Wisconsin posted a 49-16 record and played in five bowl games (Rose Bowl, Outback Bowl, Capital One Bowl and twice in the Champs Sports Bowl).
Doeren arrived at Wisconsin after four seasons (2002-05) at the University of Kansas. He was the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for three seasons before being promoted to co-defensive coordinator. The Jayhawks led the Big 12 Conference and ranked No. 3 nationally in rushing defense in 2005 and were 11th nationally in total defense.
Doeren coached the secondary at NCAA Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision) power Montana for two seasons in 2000 and 2001 and was the Grizzlies' recruiting coordinator for one year. Montana won the I-AA national championship in 2001 and went 28-3 with two conference titles in Doeren's two seasons there.
He started his college coaching career as an assistant at Drake from 1995-97, where he coached linebackers before adding defensive coordinator responsibilities in 1997.
O’Brien’s buyout calls for the school to pay him a total of $1.2 million spread out over the next four years.
NC State used the Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search firm to assist in their search, the same company that the university used when hiring Yow. The university would not confirm the fee Parker used charged for the search, although reports of $90,000 are consistent with other search charges in the past.
- Posted by jmwbrdIf State wants to recruit in the State of NC better,it better join the SEC. SEC can pick NC clean of the top recruits. Pack search team, keep your notes on hiring as you will need them again in 4 or 5 years tops.- Posted by lec02572
Can the same be said for UNC?
- Posted by NCSUclassof90- Posted by douggie64I will bet that the program Dave Doeren is leaving will do a heck of a lot better next year than the great program built by Larry the Hat at Southern Miss! 0-12 this season...The new coach playing with Fedora's recruits has already been canned. Fedora is really a program builder! He will leave the hole in more of a mess than it was when he arrove.- Posted by rhill999
"arrove"???????? ROFLMAO, if only state college taught grammar along with animal husbandry! Here's a news flash for you, ever consider the fact it MIGHT not be the fault of the recruits or present players (who just went 12-0 last year) but that Fedora's replacement was NOT A GOOD COACH? So for you, I prescribe crash courses in Grammar 101 and deductive logic, seeing as your skills at both are EXTREMELY lacking.
Also, Doeren was at NIU for only TWO YEARS, so it's doubtful that any of his own recruits were impact players on this year's team....duh! More likely he won with his predecessor's recruits....unlike Fedora who had 4 classes in house while going 12-0 last year. BTW, Fedora did go 8-4 this year without any of his own recruits, and has a top 20 recruiting class coming in, including the Summers kid who made the quick (and smart) switch from state to UNC once Fedora was hired.
LOL douggie64 is such a typical, clueless tarhole. The "arrove" was on purpose!
Dam, you are stupid.
What happened to the fans here that were saying State had a chance to land Nick Saban from Alabama? Ridiculous. I hope this hire is a good one. I do think Yow should have allowed O'Brien to coach the team in the bowl game. I have always been critical of O'Brien as a coach but he ran a clean program and should have been allowed to coach them in their last game.- Posted by Deacons
Rank: Sports Legend I hope this works out to be a good hire but I am skeptical. Being able to win in the MAC does not equate to winning in the ACC. The guy is a good coach and was able to acheive a top 25 ranking yes, but if his team had been playing in the ACC, just from what little I saw them play they would have been mediocre at best. Being a good coach in one conference doesn't equal success in another. I think Yow is looking for a "type" of coach to suit her liking and O'Brian wasn't the guy now matter how successful he would have been. She is definitaly all about control.- Posted by Tortue
Rank: Sports Legend I didn't read over the 14 pages of comments as I can pretty much guess what has been said. Personally, I don't know much about the guy. To get a team like NI to a top 25 finish and a respectable bowl game, he must have something. To compete with Mich., Wisc., OSU and others for recruits is certainly in his favor and will play to his favor. Although, I can't imagine it take much to be a better recruiter than O'Brien who seemed to have the personality of bed linens. I do recall a number of fans poking fun at Carolina hiring a not too well known, but energetic guy named Fedora and that worked out well for us. I won't poke fun at a guy I know little about, but instead wish him and the wolfies good luck.- Posted by kornfan2448
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