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Former Chargers QB Philip Rivers, wife expecting 10th child

Philip Rivers can now form a starting offense with him and his kids.

Former Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers can now form a starting offense with him and his kids.

Rivers announced that he and his wife, Tiffany, are expecting their tenth baby together, per AL.com’s Ben Thomas.

“We’ve had one pretty much every two years, and now this is the longest gap,” Rivers said. “We are all fired up. Everyone was pulling for a boy. Even our girls wanted a boy.”

Rivers added that they will be having a boy who is expected to be born sometime in the fall.

Currently, the family consists of seven girls and two boys, ages 4 to 21.

Gunner, Philip’s oldest son, will be the starting quarterback for St. Michael Catholic in Fairhope, AL, which is the high school Rivers has been coaching for after retiring from the NFL. Entering Year 3 as head coach, Rivers has a record of 11-8.

Rivers spent 16 years with the Bolts, including 14 as the starting quarterback. He amassed 59,271 passing yards and 397 touchdown passes, ranking first in franchise history in both categories. He had a record of 123-101, making the playoffs six times and going 5-6 in 11 postseason games.

In his final NFL season, Rivers led the Colts to an 11-5 record with 24 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. He threw for 4,169 yards, which was the eighth straight season he topped 4,000 yards through the air.

QB Philip Rivers to coach Alabama high school team after retiring

Philip Rivers will go from NFL quarterback to high school coach.

After parting ways with the Chargers, quarterback Philip Rivers signed with the Colts to a one-year deal earlier this offseason.

Once he is done with his stint with Indianapolis, Rivers has his next job lined up already.

Rivers will take over as the head football coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, AL, once he retires from the NFL, according to AL.com.

“It’s a special day for me and my family really,” Rivers said during a Friday press conference at St. Michael. “I will probably get a little emotional. I had two childhood dreams. One was to play in the NFL, and I’m now going into my 17th season. The other was to be a high school football coach as my dad was. How blessed am I to be able to live both of those out!”

After 16 seasons with the Chargers, Rivers thought about hanging up his cleats before signing with the Colts. He mentioned how he wanted to coach high school football once his professional playing days came to an end.

Now he will be able to live out that dream soon. “My dad was my high school football coach, so I want to coach my boys and I want to coach young boys down the road, so I do know what’s next when my playing time’s over, so we did talk about it a little bit,” Rivers said. “I think really where we settled in was: I still love to play. Certainly not coming off my best year, but in a year where I still know I can play at a high level. I did it in spurts. I just didn’t do it consistently enough. And I love it, and, shoot, it was one of those deals where we said, ‘Well, if there’s nothing else out there, then that’ll be our answer.’

“We kind of said, ‘Whatever God wants, so if there’s nothing out there, I don’t want to just try to hang on to play. If nothing’s out there, shoot, we’ll start coaching.'”