AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

mark gottfried News

mark gottfried News From AOL News

Saban Can't Help 'Bama Land Izzo

By Matt SnyderMar 9th 2009 – 2:30PM

For some godforesaken reason, some Alabama fans and media think they have a shot at landing Michigan State's Tom Izzo as the replacement for Mark Gottfried. Apparently, just because their football coach, Nick Saban, is a former Michigan State coach, he can just extend a phone call and land Izzo at the drop of a hat. There...

Add Alabama to Tubby Smith Rumors

By Matt SnyderJan 27th 2009 – 10:00PM

Apparently, Tubby Smith's departure from Minnesota can't come soon enough in the eyes of the media. When Lute Olson retired at Arizona, Tubby was tied to the job through pure conjecture, and now it's happening again. Earlier this week, Mark Gottfried "resigned" from his post at the University of Alabama. Today, everyone's...

Mark Gottfried Resigns From Alabama

By Will BrinsonJan 26th 2009 – 11:00PM

Mark Gottfried resigned as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team today, a move that will certainly draw plenty of discussion as to whether he resigned or "resigned." Under Gottfried, the Tide made the NCAA Tournament for five consecutive years but have struggled recently. Word on the street is that Phillip...

mark gottfried News From the Web

  • 05/23/12 Expectations high for Gottfried, Wolfpack Source: The Robesonian All of the coaches received a hearty ovation.
  • 05/22/12 N.C. State's Gottfried to visit Lumberton tonight Source: The Robesonian In one season, Mark Gottfried turned N.C. State from a men's basketball program in disarray to a formidable foe for other big wigs along Tobacco Road with a statewide sense of respect.
  • 05/21/12 Pack Hoops Class Ranked Fifth Nationally Source: FOX Sports After five seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance under Sidney Lowe, North Carolina State returned to the Big Dance in 2012 under first-year head coach Mark Gottfried, who joined the Wolfpack after 11 seasons at Alabama.
  • 05/18/12 Wolfpack, fans put trust in Gottfried Source: News-Record & Sentinel - Alexander NC This time last year N.C. State basketball supporters hoped Mark Gottfried could revive a once proud program that won two national championships in 10 seasons and included the best team in the history of the ACC.
  • 05/16/12 Wolfpack fans have warm welcome for Gottfried, Harper Source: Times-News - Hendersonville NC For former Western Carolina women's basketball coach Kellie Harper, it's one stop on the N.C. State Wolfpack Coaches' Caravan that she always looks forward to because it's where she used to call home.

    But for first-year men's Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried, Wednesday was an entirely new experience.

    "This is my first time in Western North Carolina," Gottfried said as he arrived at the WNC Agricultural Center.

Background on mark gottfried

Mark Frederick Gottfried (born January 20, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former player.

more at wikipedia ยป