Gainey expected to be named basketball coach at NCSU
RALEIGH – N. C. State is set to hire Justin Gainey as its men's basketball coach, according to numerous news outlets – including WRAL in Raleigh.
Gainey – who grew up in High Point – has most recently been the associate head coach under Rick Barnes at Tennessee, which concluded its season Sunday in the Elite Eight. After graduating from Greensboro Day, he played for the Wolfpack in 1996-2000 under Herb Sendek and was an administrator in the program in 2006-09 under Sidney Lowe after playing professionally for three seasons. He was selected first team all-tournament of the ACC Tournament in 1997, when N.
C. State reached the championship game after winning three games in three days. Gainey played a season in Austria and a season in France before returning to the United States to play a season with the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs of the USBL.
He was administrative coordinator in 2006-08 and director of operations in 2008-09 at N. C. State before beginning his coaching career in 2009-10 at Elon.
His coaching stops as an assistant have included Appalachian State under Jason Capel, Santa Clara under Sendek, Arizona under Archie Miller, Marquette under Steve Wojciechowski and most recently Tennessee under Rick Barnes. All of whom have strong ties to the ACC – including Sendek and Miller, who coached Gainey while at N. C.