NC State Coaching Search
Now that Herb Sendek has left unceremoniously, its time for the Wolfpack to look towards the future. I'll give you my top two in terms of who I believe Lee Fowler is looking at.
1. Rick Barnes: Barnes is an ACC boy. He has a history with the conference and a very public hatred for UNC, both pros for NC State. He is also very accessible to the students of Texas and shows much more emotion than stone faced Sendek did. Barnes has been a proven program builder, and has won at Providence, Clemson, and has done his best job at Texas. Barnes is ideal, but what it will come down to is whether or not he cares more about staying with the top 5 program he helped build or if he is tired of playing second fiddle to the football program, resulting in poor fan attendance.
2. John Calipari: Calipari is one of the best recruiters in the Country and has won everywhere he has been. John has expressed displeasure with C-USA's lack of competition after the Big East raid. Memphis was a good transitional school for Calipari due to his questionable exit from UMass. Calipari is actually very good at graduating players if you look at the rates before and after he arrived. John also has the appeal of being able to prepare his kids for the pros because of his experience with Nets. He was also cleared of any wrong doing in the Marcus Camby debacle by the NCAA.
Other Possible Coaches:
Tubby Smith, Jay Wright, Mark Turgeon
1. Rick Barnes: Barnes is an ACC boy. He has a history with the conference and a very public hatred for UNC, both pros for NC State. He is also very accessible to the students of Texas and shows much more emotion than stone faced Sendek did. Barnes has been a proven program builder, and has won at Providence, Clemson, and has done his best job at Texas. Barnes is ideal, but what it will come down to is whether or not he cares more about staying with the top 5 program he helped build or if he is tired of playing second fiddle to the football program, resulting in poor fan attendance.
2. John Calipari: Calipari is one of the best recruiters in the Country and has won everywhere he has been. John has expressed displeasure with C-USA's lack of competition after the Big East raid. Memphis was a good transitional school for Calipari due to his questionable exit from UMass. Calipari is actually very good at graduating players if you look at the rates before and after he arrived. John also has the appeal of being able to prepare his kids for the pros because of his experience with Nets. He was also cleared of any wrong doing in the Marcus Camby debacle by the NCAA.
Other Possible Coaches:
Tubby Smith, Jay Wright, Mark Turgeon
posted by Sean Umstead at 12:13 PM
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