According to a report from FootballScoop.com, NC State football coach Dave Doeren is not expected to retain running backs coach/co-offensive coordinator Des Kitchings. Citing "multiple sources," the site said that Kitchings is "not anticipated to return."
The Wolfpacker later independently verified the report.
Kitchings was the lone holdover from Tom O'Brien's staff kept on by Doeren and was promoted to the co-offensive coordinator role in December 2018 after Eli Drinkwitz was hired to become the head coach at Appalachian State.
NC State's offense struggled with injuries and the loss of four players who have started games as rookies in the NFL this season. NCSU was 87th in total offense and 107th in scoring this season.
NC State confirmed the addition of two new defensive coaches on the staff Saturday afternoon in Brian Mitchell (cornerbacks) and Joe DeForest (safeties). It was also announced that George Barlow, NC State's cornerbacks coach for six years, was not being retained.
Earlier in the offseason, Doeren announced that defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Dave Huxtable was being let go and replaced by Tony Gibson, who handled safeties and was the co-coordinator on defense last year.
The Pack is still seeking one more new assistant on defense. Three-year defensive line coach Kevin Patrick accepted a job Sunday evening as outside linebackers coach with Florida Atlantic. Patrick will reunite with his former boss at South Florida, Jim Leavitt. Leavitt was hired recently as FAU's defensive coordinator.
Patrick worked as South Florida's defensive line coach from 2008-13, and Leavitt was its head coach for the first two of those seasons.
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