It’s entirely unsurprising that N.C. State and Dave Doeren are working on a midseason contract extension. That’s the way the world of college athletics works these days, and if you have a coach who might be in demand later you might as well raise his exit buyout now, even if the season is only half over.
The better question is this: What does it really matter anyway?
Doeren’s already under contract through 2019 and can trigger an automatic one-year extension with an eight-win season, so it’s not like his contract is going to run out anytime soon.