Awesome. Another N.C. State basketball coaching search. The last two have gone about as well as land wars in Asia, and taken about as long.
Maybe this one will be different, after the university announced Thursday that Mark Gottfried would not return next season. The process that led to athletic director Debbie Yow hiring Dave Doeren to replace Tom O’Brien as football coach offers some hope that it will.
But the way the last two went, some fans are still having flashbacks.
Eleven years ago, then-athletic director Lee Fowler failed to entice a long list of candidates (Rick Barnes, John Calipari, etc.