The Wolfpack compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
Since December 2012, Dave Doeren has served as head coach at NC State.
[1] Ten coaches have led NC State in postseason bowl games: Beattie Feathers, Earle Edwards, Lou Holtz, Bo Rein, Dick Sheridan, Mike O'Cain, Chuck Amato, Tom O'Brien, Dana Bible, and Doeren.
John Van Liew and Horace Hendrickson have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.200.
Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Wolfpack, Willie Heston, Buck Shaw, John "Clipper" Smith, Hunk Anderson, Holtz, and Sheridan have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.