NC State Football: Dave Doeren 'Really Not Thinking' About Tar Heels
The UNC football program's official hire of six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick on Wednesday is certain to dominate the headlines for a while. But over in Raleigh, 12th-year NC State football head coach Dave Doeren wrapped up his thoughts on the matter in just a few sentences.
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"I'm excited to compete against Coach [Belichick]," Doeren noted to the media during his press conference on Thursday, roughly an hour before the 72-year-old Belichick took the stage in Chapel Hill for his introductory presser. "You know, obviously, all coaches in the business have a great amount of respect [for him] and know what he's done in the profession. So, for me as a competitor, I'm excited to compete.
"And that's about all I have to say about it. I'm just really not thinking a whole lot about that program. I'm thinking about my own."
Of course, Doeren and his Wolfpack have won five straight against the Tar Heels, including their 35-30 victory in Kenan Stadium on Nov. 30, the last game in the career of the fired UNC football head coach in the 73-year-old Mack Brown.
Doeren is now preparing his NC State football squad (6-6) for its Military Bowl showdown against ECU (7-5) in Annapolis, Md., on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 5:15 p.m. ET (ESPN).
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