NC State's Yow busy with coaching hires, top-25 pursuit

The Wolfpack again flirted with Yow's long-term goal of becoming a top-25 overall sports program while having five coaches win top honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Longtime gymnastics coach Mark Stevenson (37 years) and men's golf coach Richard Sykes (46 years) retired, while there were also changes atop the men's soccer and men's tennis programs.

Doeren is 25-26 overall but just 9-23 in league play, though N.C. State has gone to three straight bowls, nearly upset eventual national champion Clemson on the road and will have Doeren's most experienced roster this fall.

Overall, North Carolina State finished 29th in the Directors' Cup standings of top college sports programs, the third straight year that N.C. State hovered near Yow's top-25 goal.

N.C. State had nine teams finish in the top 25 of their sports, with four — men's and women's swimming and diving, women's cross country and rifle — reaching the top 10.

The school is also planning a $6.6 million project to create broadcast and production studio space at the football stadium for the 2019 arrival of the ACC's TV channel — a requirement for all schools.