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Philip Rivers on NC State news coming out soon: ‘We’ll just have to see’
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Philip Rivers, the former NFL and NC State star, saw his high school team's playoff run end on Friday, and now his future takes center stage.
Rivers' St. Michael Chatolic School Cardinals fell 42-35 in Fairhope (Ala.) in an upset loss to Glenwood.
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The former quarterback has talked with NC State officials about the head coaching vacancy at his alma mater after six years as a high school coach.
Rivers admitted there could be news in the coming days but said Friday was not the time to talk about it.
"We'll just have to see," he told AL.com . "Certainly, this wasn't the night any of us expected tonight that this season came to an end right now. So, I think thinking any further than tonight, these guys in the locker room would probably not be the way to go about it."
Did his tenure as a high school coach come to an end?
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"Shoot, I don't know that," he said after the loss. "I don't know that. It's been a heck of a six years, I know that."
He confirmed to earlier this week that he talked with officials in Fairhope about the opening.
"We met and visited," he said Friday night. "I've known some of those guys for a while now. It was good to visit with them, but there is nothing else to report at this point."
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Rivers, an Alabama native, is 48-21 in his sixth season as head coach at St. Michael Catholic. His run includes back-to-back appearances in the Class 4A state semifinals each of the last two years.
"If it were to be the last time out here, shoot, there's a lot to be, a lot was accomplished, you know," he said of his six years as head coach. "Certainly, if that were to be the case, it will be left, you know, better than it was six years ago."
Rivers' son, Gunner, a four-star senior QB, has been committed to N.C. State since this summer. He returned to action Friday night after missing the last two games due to injury and threw a pair of TD passes in the loss.
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