Following Mendenhall’s abrupt retirement from coaching at Virginia, Anae moved to Syrcause and went back to the ground game-focused approach. In his one season in New York (2022) running back Sean Tucker finished second in the ACC in rushing yards.

NC State fired offensive coordinator Robert Anae and replaced him with quarterbacks coach Kurt Roper, who previously served as OC at Duke, Florida and South Carolina.

N.C. State is moving on from offensive coordinator Robert Anae, who signed a one-year contract extension last offseason.

Against ECU in the Military Bowl, NC State only scored 7 points through three quarters against a team that fired its coach midseason

"I want to thank Robert and wish him and his family the best," Doeren said in a university-issued release. "I have great respect for him and appreciate the work he has done." NC State finished with a 6-7 record after losing the Military Bowl to ECU.