Russell Wilson has surfaced in the search for NC State’s next head coach.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the former Seahawks quarterback interviewed Tuesday for the Wolfpack job. Wilson spent three seasons at NC State from 2008-10 before transferring to Wisconsin for his final college season in 2011.
Wilson is not the only former NC State quarterback in the mix. ESPN reported Saturday that Philip Rivers has “engaged in serious discussions” about coaching his alma mater.
NC State moved on from Dave Doeren on Oct. 24 after a 3-4 start. Doeren was in his 14th season leading the program.
Wilson, 37, retired from the NFL in June after a 14-year career and is working this fall as a CBS Sports analyst on “The NFL Today” pregame show.
His pro résumé is loaded. Wilson led Seattle to two Super Bowl appearances and a title during his run with the Seahawks from 2012-21, building a reputation for deep-ball precision and the kind of scrambling that made defenders chase shadows. He also rewrote much of the franchise record book, finished in the top four of AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year voting three times and won the NFL’s 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
The end of his Seattle tenure came in March 2022, when the Seahawks traded him to the Broncos in a blockbuster deal. That move sent Seattle in one direction and Wilson in another. The Seahawks used the haul of draft capital to help build toward their 2025 Super Bowl-winning team, while Wilson’s career took a sharp turn downward.
Since leaving Seattle, Wilson has gone 17-27 as a starter across three teams in four seasons. He was 11-19 in Denver from 2022-23, 6-5 with the Steelers in 2024 and 0-3 with the Giants in 2025 before first-round pick Jaxson Dart replaced him.
Across his 14 NFL seasons, Wilson threw for 46,966 yards, 353 touchdowns and 114 interceptions. He also rushed for 5,568 yards and 31 scores, making him the only player in league history with more than 40,000 passing yards and 5,000 rushing yards.
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