Mark Gottfried couldn’t remember the first win of his coaching career. The N.C. State coach won’t forget his 400th any time soon.
“I’ll remember this one,” Gottfried said after the Wolfpack ended a 17-game losing streak at Duke on Monday night.
Gottfried walked off the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium after N.C. State’s 84-82 win and gave junior forward Abdul-Malik Abu a hug. Then he corralled freshman guard Dennis Smith Jr. around the scruff and hugged him. By the time he got to the steps of the visiting locker room at Cameron Indoor Stadium his dad, Joe, was waiting for him there and old Pops got a hug, too.