NC State basketball parts ways with head coach Kevin Keatts

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Kevin Keatts' eight-year run as the head coach of the N.C. State men's basketball team has come to an abrupt end. On Sunday, the university announced its decision to part ways with Keatts.

The move comes less than a year after Keatts coached the Wolfpack to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and the Final Four. N.C. State ended the 2024-25 regular season with a 12-19 record.

Athletic director Boo Corrigan released a statement thanking Keatts for his "contributions" and also acknowledged last year's deep run in the NCAA tournament.

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"I want to thank Coach Keatts for his contributions to N.C. State and for always representing the university with class," the statement from Corrigan read. "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 described the past eight years as "a dream come true."

North Carolina State Wolfpack head coach Kevin Keatts on the sideline against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, March 1, 2025. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

"As we enter this new era of college sports, I wholeheartedly believe that I am leaving the program in better position to succeed than when I started – and that the basketball program will continue to thrive when supported to the level necessary to compete," Keatts wrote in a social media post on Sunday.

Keatts went 151-113 at N.C. State, including 69-84 in ACC play. His teams earned three NCAA Tournament bids, the last coming when the Wolfpack followed a