A fall to remember as NC State enjoys unprecedented athletic success

There’s a part of Debbie Yow the athletic director that’s still very much Debbie Yow the basketball coach, and for that reason she is hesitant to take too much of a victory lap in the wake of N.C. State’s unprecedented success in the fall season. In her mind, it’s just the end of the first quarter.

That said, the Wolfpack’s seventh-place finish in the fall Leafield Directors’ Cup standings – which measure success across all sports and are scrutinized closely by athletic directors, if not necessarily fans – was not only the best of any ACC school but the best in N.C. State history. All six sports reached the postseason, football finished ranked in the top 25 and volleyball won an NCAA…