The decision to fire Mark Gottfried as basketball coach on Thursday will allow N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow more time to conduct a search for Gottfried’s replacement.
Few doubt who her top target likely will be: Dayton coach Archie Miller.
Miller, 38, played for the Pack. He was an assistant coach for the Pack. He has proven himself as a head coach at Dayton, taken the Flyers to the NCAA tournament the past three years and should get them back there again this season.
But other names can emerge in the Wolfpack coaching search. It could be that Yow, who has said she will retire in 2019, might talk with Butler coach Chris Holtmann or UNCW’s Kevin Keatts.