Wolfpack coach, team have close ties to military with bowl game

by | Dec 27, 2024

N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren is from a military family. So Saturday’s Military Bowl game between the Wolfpack and ECU carries special meaning.

Doeren considered attending Navy and becoming a doctor but couldn’t make the 20-year commitment.

“The military, for us, is meaningful,” said Doeren, who was born at a California Naval hospital, to On3.com. “It’s a part of our upbringing. … You do feel the pageantry of the military here more than you do anywhere. Playing on base at a place like that, there’s a lot of pageantry, a lot of special things that goes with being there.”

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