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David Thompson and other attendees watch as a black sheet is removed to reveal a new statue in his likeness next to Reynolds Coliseum.

Dec 7, 2023

New Statue Honors NC State Basketball Great

The newest statue outside of Reynolds Coliseum honors former men's basketball standout and national champion David Thompson. 
The entrance to NC State's Wolfpack Outfitters campus store. Inside, a customer wearing examines a T-shirt that they took off the rack.

Nov 16, 2023

Buying In to the Wolfpack Brand

NC State continues to climb in rankings for trademark licensing revenue — and those funds directly benefit students. 
Bill Cowher on the field of Carter-Finley Stadium waves at the crowd along with his family and Athletics Director Boo Corrigan

Oct 5, 2023

Cowher Comes Home for Ring of Honor Induction 

Bill Cowher ’79, Super Bowl-winning coach and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, became the 12th member of NC State’s Ring of Honor last weekend. 
The fingers on Kay Yow's statue outside of Reynolds Coliseum make a wolfie sign

Sep 27, 2023

Athletics To Honor 2 NC State Legends

Men’s basketball player David Thompson and football linebacker Bill Cowher will be recognized for their accomplishments at NC State and beyond. 
A black and white photo of the scoreboard in Carter-Finley Stadium in 1985 with a cartoon character saying Hello on the main screen

Sep 7, 2023

Settling the Score (Board)

From a slab of wood to the 11th-largest display board in college football, the Wolfpack has always found innovative ways to keep score and entertain fans. 
Jim Valvano's wife and daughters on stage at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony

Aug 16, 2023

A Legacy That Lives On

NC State coaches, alumni and families were on hand as Jim Valvano, legendary coach and founder of the V Foundation for Cancer Research, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 
Dick Sheridan stands at the front of a group of uniformed NC State football players

Jul 19, 2023

Sheridan Remembered as ‘Football Father-Figure’

Dick Sheridan, 2020 College Football Hall of Fame inductee and one of NC State’s winningest coaches, has passed at 81. 
Laurie Henes wearing a black sweatshirt with the Wolfpack logo on it

Jun 22, 2023

Coaching Her Way to the Top

Former NC State champion runner and current women’s cross-country and track and field head coach Laurie Henes will become the Wolfpack’s director of track and field and cross-country programs, the school announced Wednesday. 
College of Veterinary Medicine professor Matthew Breen addresses the audience at the 30th anniversary celebration of the V Foundation.

Jun 8, 2023

30 Years of Funding Young Researchers

When Matthew Breen was growing up in Yorkshire, England, in the 1970s, his first experience with the loss of a pet was when the family dog, Penny, became very ill. The attending veterinarian indicated the most likely cause was cancer and suggested the most humane treatment would be to put the dog to sleep. Breen… 
Tol Avery is hooded as part of his graduation ceremony

May 17, 2023

Calling Dr. Quarterback

Because of their successes in the NFL, NC State football quarterbacks have helped the school’s athletics department market the Wolfpack program as “QBU.” Coley McDonough, Roman Gabriel, Erik Kramer, Philip Rivers, Russell Wilson, Mike Glennon, Jacoby Brissett and Ryan Finley all became NFL starting quarterbacks after playing for the Wolfpack — but none of them ever… 
Wolf Plaza in the spring

May 15, 2023

NC State Leadership, Alumni Recognized on ‘Power 100’ List

Chancellor Randy Woodson was named to Business North Carolina’s “Power List 2023,” which, according to the magazine, cites “the state’s most influential leaders who are making a significant impact in their industries and the broader community.” Chancellor Woodson has been featured among North Carolina’s top leaders annually since the magazine’s inaugural power list recognition. The… 
Frankie and Debbie Antonelli

May 11, 2023

A Mother’s Love in Free Throws

Debbie Antonelli’s family is off the hook this year. Her husband and three sons won’t have to take her to a fork-and-cloth-napkin restaurant to celebrate Mother’s Day — the only thing the accomplished television analyst and former NC State women’s basketball player ever really wants her all-male tribe to give her on that day. She’ll be… 
Katelyn Tuohy has already won national championships in three sports, set two nationals collegiate records

Apr 20, 2023

NC State’s Most Accomplished Athlete in Three … Tuohy … One

Katelyn Tuohy remembers the exact moment she decided to bring her running talents to NC State. It was a cold and windy New York morning and she was trying to finish off an indoor workout on, of all things, the treadmill in her family’s basement. The idea of warm Southern breezes and mild falls that stretched… 

Apr 13, 2023

Former Player Palmateer Tapped To Lead Yow Cancer Fund

Among those at the side of Hall of Famer and NC State basketball coach Kay Yow when her final battle ended in the winter of 2009 was Wolfpack assistant coach Jenny Palmateer, a former State player who had spent much of her playing and coaching career learning from her life-long mentor. A two-time Wolfpack captain during… 

Apr 6, 2023

Valvano Elected to Hoop HOF

When former NC State basketball player Vinny Del Negro was a little-used junior guard for the Wolfpack in the fall of 1986, head coach Jim Valvano took him home to Springfield, Massachusetts, to play in college basketball’s best-known early season game: the Peach Basket Tip-Off Classic. That’s where Del Negro grew up, going down the street…