List of NC State Wolfpack men's basketball head coaches

Last updated June 12, 2025

Kevin Keatts, the current head coach of the NC State. Kevin Keatts at the White House in 2013.jpg — Kevin Keatts, the current head coach of the NC State.

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	2017–2025	Kevin Keatts	8	151–113	.572
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

1 2 "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.

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

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "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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