The men’s magazine Maxim featured Mary Gottfried on its website this week, calling the daughter of N.C. State University basketball coach Mark Gottfried “a total slam dunk on Instagram.”
With her father finishing up his last season coaching Wolfpack basketball, the magazine said, “Mary is currently climbing through the ranks of the intensely competitive modeling industry.”
In an interview with the magazine, she said, “My dad has always encouraged me to do what makes me happy. He gave me the desire to travel at a young age, and he’s been very encouraging of my modeling career.”
But, she added, “My four brothers, on the other hand, are a bit more protective when it comes to some of my posts.