Here's a look back at Dave Doeren's time at Northern Illinois as NC State takes on the Huskies in Week 5 of the 2024 college football season on Saturday:

He took the program to heights that were never seen before and haven’t been seen afterwards,” current NIU head coach Thomas Hammock said. “He did tremendous things in his two years with the program

NC State coach Dave Doeren challenged his team to play with a certain type of toughness this week in practice. He didn’t think the Wolfpack displayed that in the 59-35 loss at Clemson last weekend and the coach wasn’t pleased with what appeared on film.

The Wolfpack hosts Northern Illinois, head coach Dave Doeren’s former program. Doeren went 23-4 in his two seasons at the helm, guiding the Huskies to back-to-back bowl games and MAC championships.

Defensive tackle DJ Jackson left the Clemson game early. Doeren said the redshirt sophomore experienced soreness after the game. The staff plans to be without him against the Huskies. Doeren hopes Jackson can return next week against Wake Forest, but he could not make any guarantees.

NC State coach Dave Doeren walked up to the podium for his weekly press conference Monday with an honest assessment of his team’s performance after its 59-35 loss at Clemson over the weekend. “Frustrating performance,

N.C. State’s Dave Doeren began his head-coaching career at Northern Illinois in 2011-12, leading the Huskies to two Mid-American Conference titles and an Orange Bowl berth.