This story was originally published on Nov. 29, 2016.
Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.
Mark Gottfried’s wits served him well while he waited for his electrophysiologist at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill on April 21.
“As long as Roy (Williams) doesn’t come in to do the surgery, I’m fine over here, “ N.C. State’s 52-year-old basketball coach joked about his famous contemporary with the Tar Heels.
Seven months after cardiac ablation surgery, Gottfried was right. He’s actually better than fine a month into his sixth season at N.