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The NC State Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting on Tuesday, where Justin Gainey was officially approved as the new men's basketball coach.
Gainey, 49, who has spent five seasons as an assistant with Tennessee, played for the Wolfpack from 1996 to 2000 and later began his foray into coaching as an administrative coordinator at the school from 2006 to 2008.
He will replace Will Wade, who left the Wolfpack last week after just one season to return to LSU.
Gainey was on NC State's short list last year and was believed to be one of the final candidates before the Wolfpack hired Wade.
Longtime assistant coach Justin Gainey is expected to get his first head coaching job at his alma mater, NC State. /Rick Scuteri
Gainey has spent the past five seasons on Rick Barnes' staff at Tennessee, including the last four as associate head coach. Gainey also has served as an assistant at Elon, Appalachian State, Santa Clara, Arizona and Marquette.
NC State got off to an 18-6 start (and 9-2 in the ACC) under Wade before losing six of its final seven games to end the regular season. The Wolfpack were ultimately placed in the First Four on Selection Sunday and lost to Texas, finishing the season with a 20-14 mark.
The university will hold an event at the Lenovo Center at 2 p.m. on Wednesday to officially introduce Gainey.
NOTE: Video is from a previous report and will be updated.
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Gainey, 49, who has spent five seasons as an assistant with Tennessee, played for the Wolfpack from 1996 to 2000 and later began his foray into coaching as an administrative coordinator at the school from 2006 to 2008.
He will replace Will Wade, who left the Wolfpack last week after just one season to return to LSU.
Gainey was on NC State's short list last year and was believed to be one of the final candidates before the Wolfpack hired Wade.
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Longtime assistant coach Justin Gainey is expected to get his first head coaching job at his alma mater, NC State. /Rick Scuteri
Gainey has spent the past five seasons on Rick Barnes' staff at Tennessee, including the last four as associate head coach. Gainey also has served as an assistant at Elon, Appalachian State, Santa Clara, Arizona and Marquette.
NC State got off to an 18-6 start (and 9-2 in the ACC) under Wade before losing six of its final seven games to end the regular season. The Wolfpack were ultimately placed in the First Four on Selection Sunday and lost to Texas, finishing the season with a 20-14 mark.
The university will hold an event at the Lenovo Center at 2 p.m. on Wednesday to officially introduce Gainey.
NOTE: Video is from a previous report and will be updated.
Download the ABC11 News app
Continue reading...
