NC State Turns To Mark Gottfried

After losing out on Shaka Smart, NC State turns to Mark Gottfried from Bama. I like Gottfried a lot, he will receive a five-year contract with a guarantee of $1.2 million annually, a deal that includes an automatic two-year extension if he leads N.C. State back to the NCAA tournament in either of the next two seasons.

He has a career record of 278-155 in 14 seasons at Murray State and Alabama. He took seven teams to the NCAA tournament, including a run of five straight at Alabama from 2002-06 and had Bama ranked 1 in the country in 2002.

NC State hasn't been good since Julius Hodge walked out that door, so hopefully Gottfried can bring them back to relevancy and back into the tournament.

Mark Gottfried Resigns

Mark Gottfried resigned as Alabama's basketball coach Monday, leaving in the middle of his 11th season amid criticism of both the team's play and the departure of a star player.

Gottfried has a career record of 278-155 for a winning percentage of .642 in 14 seasons. And you have to feel bad for this guy who had a budding program last year, but with the departures of Ronald Steele and Richard Hendrix, Bama was left short handed and full of whispers at the coach. The Crimson Tide's record this season is 12-7, 2-3 in the Southeastern Conference, which isn't bad, but after a good last season the expectations were definitely higher. Gottfried will be replaced by assistant coach Philip Pearson.