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Doeren out at NC State after 3-4 start in 14th season
Todd Goebbel takes over as interim coach and NC State starts its first coaching search since 2012; Doeren is owed ten point three million dollars.
Watch it as it aired: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Chip Darnell on this story, from Weekend Edition at 7:32 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are ESPN's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by ESPN: “Doeren out at NC State after 3-4 start in 14th season”, with reporting from Footballscoop, Bleacher Report, Yahoo Sports and On3.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 7:32 PM ET on Weekend Edition, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Chip Darnell.
The real story
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- ESPNDoeren out at NC State after 3-4 start in 14th season
- FootballscoopNC State fires Dave Doeren following loss to Stanford October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
- Bleacher ReportNC State Fires Dave Doeren amid 14th Season as HC, Contract Buyout Details Revealed October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
- Yahoo SportsNC State fires head coach Dave Doeren following 3-4 start - Yahoo Sports October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
- On3NC State fires head coach Dave Doeren after 14 seasons - On3 October 24, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNC State has fired Dave Doeren after a three and four start, on the heels of a thirty-one to twenty-eight loss at Stanford, and I'm telling you, this is a family in crisis.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFourteen seasons, ninety-eight wins, ten bowl games. That's a lot of good Saturdays. Why fire him now?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLook, the defense gave up twenty-eight point one points a game, second worst in the ACC. But here's the part that gets me.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAthletic director Boo Corrigan said last October that he did not believe in firing coaches mid-year.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo he believed it for a year, and it ran out at three and four?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTen point three million dollars is what Doeren is owed, with three years left on the deal. That's the price of the belief.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Corrigan thanked him for always representing the university with pride. So the pride was fine?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorPride was never the problem, it's the Stanford game. Todd Goebbel takes over as interim for the rest of the year.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorElsewhere, BYU and UCF are tied thirty-one all in double overtime, and Boise State and Washington State are seven apiece with forty-six seconds left in the second quarter.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorMiami beat Pitt fifty-two to twenty-three, and Indiana won it thirteen to six in overtime over Michigan.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDoes the belief come back next October, or is that a one-year thing?
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