List of NC State Wolfpack men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of NC State Wolfpack men's basketball head coaches. There have been 20 head coaches of the NC State men's Wolfpack Basketball Team in their 113-season history.^[1]

NC State's current head coach is Kevin Keatts. He was hired as the Wolfpack's head coach in March 2017,^[2] replacing Mark Gottfried, who was fired shortly before the end of the 2016–17 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1910–1912	Piggy Hargrove	2	1–7	.125
2	1912–1913 1915–1916	Chuck Sandborn	2	11–13	.458
3	1913–1914	Jack Hegarty	1	5–8	.385
4	1914–1915	H. S. Tucker	1	5–5	.500
5	1916–1918 1921–1923	Harry Hartsell	4	32–32	.500
6	1918–1919	Tal Stafford	1	11–3	.786
7	1919–1921 1923–1924	Richard Crozier	3	24–35	.407
8	1924–1930	Gus Tebell	6	79–36	.687
9	1930–1940	R. R. Sermon	10	111–74	.600
10	1940–1942	Bob Warren	2	21–16	.568
11	1942–1946	Leroy Jay	4	28–45	.384
12	1946–1964^[a]	Everett Case	19	377–134	.738
13	1964–1966	Press Maravich	2	38–13	.745
14	1966–1980	Norm Sloan	14	266–127	.677
15	1980–1990	Jim Valvano	10	209–114	.647
16	1990–1996	Les Robinson	6	78–98	.443
17	1996–2006	Herb Sendek	10	191–132	.591
18	2006–2011	Sidney Lowe	5	71–62	.534
19	2011–2017	Mark Gottfried	6	123–86	.589
20	2017–present	Kevin Keatts	7	139–94	.597
Totals		20 coaches	114 seasons	1,820–1,134	.616
Records updated through end of 2023–24 season Source^[1]

^ Case retired two games into the 1964–65 season. Press Maravich took over as permanent head coach.

References

^ ^a ^b "2022-23 NC State Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). NC State Athletics. p. 64. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
^ Goodman, Jeff (March 17, 2017). "NC State Wolfpack to hire Kevin Keatts as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
^ O'Donnell, Ricky (February 16, 2017). "Mark Gottfried fired by NC State and will coach out this season". SBNation. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

[CaseMaravich-4] Case retired two games into the 1964–65 season. Press Maravich took over as permanent head coach.

[RecordBook-1] "2022-23 NC State Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). NC State Athletics. p. 64. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

[2] Goodman, Jeff (March 17, 2017). "NC State Wolfpack to hire Kevin Keatts as coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

[3] O'Donnell, Ricky (February 16, 2017). "Mark Gottfried fired by NC State and will coach out this season". SBNation. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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Culture & lore	Dixie Classic / Big Four Tobacco Road 1961 gambling scandal 2018 corruption scandal
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics