Athletics

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.

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.

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…

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…

The Icepack takes the ice at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Feb 21, 2023

Icepack on Its Biggest Stage

Following the NHL Stadium Series outdoor game at Carter-Finley Stadium, club hockey teams from NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill took to the same ice — in front of 24,000 fans.

Graduate student Raina Perez drives by a Longwood defender in the first round of the NCAA Championships at Reynolds Coliseum.

Mar 24, 2022

A Community Effort

The record-breaking Wolfpack women's basketball team heads to Bridgeport, Connecticut, this weekend to face ACC foe Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen.

Three women hold foils in a ready position. The image is in black and white.

Mar 8, 2022

A History of Women’s Success

For 50 years, NC State’s allegiance to and support of women’s athletics has enriched the experience of all who support equal access and opportunities on campus.

Mr. and Ms. Wuf on a cart decorated with a giant Wolfpack helmet.

Mar 7, 2022

Ms. Adventure

Since she burst on the scene in a spirit of gleeful independence nearly five decades ago, Ms. Wuf has thrived as part of NC State's ultimate power couple.

NC State Super Bowl billboard on I-75 near the stadium in downtown Cincinnati

Feb 10, 2022

‘Bengals Raised by Wolves’

Two former Wolfpack football teammates take the NFL's biggest stage Sunday when their Cincinnati Bengals step on the field for Super Bowl LVI.