The ACC's Atlantic Division underwent its most recent coaching overhaul in the middle portion of this decade when four programs added new head coaches over a four-year span. It's a run that pilfered the nation's mid-major conference, and it began in 2013 when Boston College and NC State hired Steve Addazio and Dave Doeren.
"I've got a lot of respect for NC State and Dave Doeren," Addazio said. "I like Dave a lot. I think he's done a heck of a job there, and I think he and I probably look at some of these things very similarly in terms of the ability to have a strong run game and to have a physical team.