By Jeysla Gonzalez
3/9/2025
NC State’s McMurray Family Director of Athletics Boo Corrigan has announced that Wolfpack men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts has been relieved of his duties effective immediately.
“I want to thank Coach Keatts for his contributions to NC State and for always representing the university with class,” said Corrigan. “He will always have a treasured place in Wolfpack history for the accomplishments of his 2023-24 squad and I appreciate the passion he brought to this role. We wish him and his family the best in the future.”
Keatts, who just finished his eighth season at NC State, posted an overall record of 151-113 with the Pack, finishing 69-84 in ACC play. His teams earned three NCAA Tournament bids during his time in Raleigh.
A national search for NC State’s next head coach will begin immediately.
KEVIN KEATES ERA AT NC STATE (FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
On March 17, 2017, Kevin Keatts was named the head basketball coach at NC State.
In 2024, the Wolfpack ended the regular season 17-14 but won the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1987. The team was only the second to win their conference championship by winning five games in five days since Connecticut did so in the Big East Tournament during their 2011 national championship season. Seeded 11th in the NCAA Tournament‘s South Region, the Wolfpack reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2015 after an upset of Texas Tech and an overtime win over Oakland. They then made their first Elite Eight appearance since 1986 after upsetting second seed Marquette and then their first Final Four appearance since 1983 after beating Duke for the second time in March 76–64. The women’s team, coached by Wes Moore, made the Final Four a few hours earlier on the same day by beating top seed Texas in the Elite Eight in Portland, marking the first season in which the school’s men’s and women’s teams both made the Final Four.
In 2025, the Wolfpack were unable to carry over their Final Four success from the prior season, finishing with a 12–19 overall record and a 5–15 record in the ACC. On March 9, 2025, NC State announced that Keatts would be fired at the conclusion of the season.
| NC State Wolfpack (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | NC State | 21–12 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2018–19 | NC State | 24–12 | 9–9 | T–8th | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2019–20 | NC State | 20–12 | 10–10 | T–6th | Postseason not held | ||||
| 2020–21 | NC State | 14–11 | 9–8 | 9th | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2021–22 | NC State | 11–21 | 4–16 | 15th | |||||
| 2022–23 | NC State | 23–11 | 12–8 | 6th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2023–24 | NC State | 26–15 | 9–11 | 10th | NCAA Division I Final Four | ||||
| 2024–25 | NC State | 12–19 | 5–15 | 16th | |||||
| NC State: | 151–113 (.572) | 69–84 (.451) | |||||||
| Total: | 223–141 (.613) | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion |
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COURTESY N.C. STATE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS AND WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
