On Thursday afternoon, North Carolina State athletic Director Debbie Yow announced that men’s head basketball coach Mark Gottfried would not return next season.
“Mark and I met today to discuss the future direction of our program,” Yow said in a release. “While it has long been my practice to evaluate the body of work at season’s end, in reviewing the overall direction of our program, we believe a change in leadership is necessary moving forward. Our focus now remains on supporting our student-athletes and staff over the final weeks of our season.”
Yow hired Gottfried in 2011 and hoped that he would be able to get the program back on track as one of the top teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference.