Kevin Keatts will get a significant raise as N.C. State’s new basketball coach.
Keatts has agreed to a six-year contract with the Wolfpack worth $2.2 million annually. He was hired by N.C. State on Friday.
Keatts made about $600,000 this season at UNC-Wilmington. He led the Seahawks to the NCAA tournament for the second straight year.
Keatts has a $200,000 buyout in his contract with the Seahawks. UNCW athletic director Jimmy Bass joked on Friday night he should have put a clause in Keatts’ contract that the school that hired him had to play in Wilmington next season.