THAT GREAT. THAT SHUTOUT STREAK IN FBS TEAM FOR 33 YEARS. WELL, NC STATE FACES EAST CAROLINA TOMORROW. IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME FORMER PIRATES HEAD COACH. >> RUFFIN MCNEILL TAKES THE DOW, THE FICKLE INFIELD FOR A GAME SINCE HE WAS FIRED SO 7 YEARS AGO. BUT NOW AS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE WOLFPACK MCNEIL WILL MAKE HIS RETURN WITH THE COACH WITH WHOM HE'S FORMED. A SPECIAL BOND WITH CHRIS LEE HAS THE STORY. >> HE'S CAROLINA IS ROUGH. AND MILLS, ALMA MATER BEING THE HEAD COACH WAS HIS DREAM JOB. BUT AFTER 6 YEARS IN GREENVILLE AND WINNING THE 3RD MOST GAMES IN SCHOOL HISTORY, I MEAN, IT WAS BLINDSIDED WHEN HE WAS FIRED AFTER A 5, 7 SEASON IN 2015. SO IT WAS TOUGH. I MEAN, I'M I'M WITH THAT BOMBING KNOW, SPENT THE FOLLOWING 4 YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT. >> THE EFFECTS OF ALZHEIMER'S STARTED TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON HIS FATHER WHO LIVES IN LUMBERTON. A LOT OF WORK WAS PUT ON MY BROTHER. THERE'S NOT TIME TO COME BACK IN TO MY SO MCNEIL QUIT HIS ASSISTANT JOB AT OKLAHOMA. THE FIRST CALL I GET WAS FROM BAY THAT DAVE IS DAVE DOOR. I MEAN, TODAY WITH LEADERS. 23, 24 YEARS OLD. WE'VE BEEN CLOSE SINCE THEN AT THE TIME DOOR WAS COMING OFF OF A DISASTROUS FOR AN 8TH 2019 SEASON. LOOKING TO CHANGE HIS ASSISTANCE. I CAN TELL I NEEDED SOMEBODY THAT I COULD THIS CO 2 AND TALK WITH. I DIDN'T HAPPEN TO BE A GUY WAS A MENTOR, CLOSE FRIEND. IT WORKED OUT. COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. >> FIT FOR ME. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FOR HIM LOCATION WAS JUST NO JOINT STATE STAFF. THE PACK IS GOING 17 7. THE PAST 2 SEASONS. BUT DURING THAT TIME DORRANCE FATHER ALSO STARTED STRUGGLING WITH ALZHEIMER'S. >> IT DEFINITELY GIVES THIS COMMON GROUND. AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT OUR DADS AND UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF OUR LIVES TO JUST ANOTHER. PLUS, THERE'S A I LOVE THE FRIENDSHIP. AS A MENTOR SHIP. I CONSIDERED A BIN SARAH AND THE BOY'S FAMILY AND WITH FAMILY BY ASIDE, EMOTIONS WILL BE HIGH FOR MCNEIL WHEN HE RETURNS TO ECU. BUT THIS TIME THE VISITOR'S SIDELINE, I LOOK FOR POSITIVES FROM THE FANS OF THE. >> THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE NEWS