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Smith was the head coach for United States Men's Basketball that won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1976 while also working as the head coach of North Carolina, a feat that no other North Carolina coach has replicated. [6] [A 1] Several coaches both played for and coached basketball at North Carolina. Davis, McDonald, and Doherty played for and ...
Keatts is the first Wolfpack head coach to defeat Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest in his first attempt since Tal Stafford during the 1918–19 season. [12] After being projected to finish 12th in the ACC, [ 13 ] Keatts led what recruits were left from Mark Gottfried Wolfpack to a tied-for-third-place finish in the conference, as well as ...
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]
Robinson was the 1991 District Coach of the Year as selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) after leading NC State to a 20–11 record in the first season. He was the first first-year coach in ACC history to win 20 games, post a winning regular season conference record, and win games in both the ACC and NCAA Tournaments.
The game over, the press conferences completed, another March basketball victory secured, N.C. State’s Kevin Keatts sat back in his chair in a small coaches’ room to unwind. It was after midnight.
School officials wanted a big-name coach to counter the rise of North Carolina State under Everett Case. On December 1, 1952, McGuire coached his first game at UNC with a 70–50 win over The Citadel. [15] In 1953, North Carolina split from the Southern Conference and became a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. [25]
At the press conference announcing his hiring as the UNC basketball coach, when asked about being the first black UNC head coach, Davis caused public debate by stating he's proud to be African-American but also proud that his wife is white. [16] Davis is a devout Christian. [17] [18] Davis is cousins with Drake Powell. Davis' aunt is Powell's ...
Siddle was a basketball standout at John Motley Morehead High School in Eden, North Carolina, averaging 27.0 points, 6.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game as a senior.He attended Hargrave Military Academy in 2004–05 and helped the team reach the prep school championship game. [2]