Back with the Pack

NC State\'s Chuck Amato proves you can go home again
by: Gene Frenette
Florida Times-Union
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For eight consecutive years, football schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference have been looking up to Florida State in the league standings. Nobody has hit upon a formula to unseat the Seminoles as one of the most dominant programs in NCAA history.

So North Carolina State decided to take a new approach in its search for a football coach. Instead of hiring a big-name head coach like Georgia's Jim Donnan or Stanford's Tyrone Willingham, both of whom were considered, the Wolfpack decided on a course of action that no other ACC school had previously taken.

In attempt to catch FSU, they tapped into Bobby Bowden's talented pool of assistant coaches to hire Chuck Amato, a logical choice given the double luxury that he brings to N.C. State.

Not only does Amato deliver 18 years of insider knowledge about FSU's program, but as....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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