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Report: NC State tabs O'Brien as new football coach
NATICK, Massachusetts - North Carolina State apparently
has decided to stay within the Atlantic Coast Conference to
find its next football coach.
NECN TV reported Wednesday night that NC State has lured Tom
O'Brien away from Boston College.
At Chestnut Hill, O'Brien resurrected a once-troubled program to
a 75-45 record in 10 seasons. The Eagles went 9-3 this past
season and will face Navy in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on
December 30.
O'Brien would replace Chuck Amato, who was fired after seven
seasons on November 27. The Wolfpack went 3-9 this past season,
failing to qualify for a bowl for the second time in the last
three campaigns.
O'Brien is known for not only getting to his teams to the
postseason but being successful once there. He has guided the
Eagles to eight straight bowls, with Eagles winning their last
six, the longest active streak in the country.
Hired at Boston College in December 1996, O'Brien was able to
restore respectability to a program that was rocked by a
gambling scandal in 1996 when 13 players were suspended for the
season for placing illegal bets against the Eagles in game
against Syracuse.
ESPN.com reported that the Wolfpack tabbed O'Brien as its new
coach over Navy's Paul Johnson. O'Brien graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1971.
