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Mark Gottfried

Mark Gottfried
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Gottfried at Camp Arifjan in 2005.
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team NC State
Conference ACC
Record 117–72 (.622)
Biographical details
Born (1964-01-20) January 20, 1964 (age 53)
Crestline, Ohio
Playing career
1983–1984 Oral Roberts
1984–1987 Alabama
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1995 UCLA (asst.)
1995–1998 Murray State
1998–2009 Alabama
2011–present NC State
Head coaching record
Overall 396–226 (.638)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
OVC regular season (1996–1998)
OVC Tournament (1997, 1998)
2× SEC regular season (2002, 2005)
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (1998)
SEC Coach of the Year (2002)

Mark Frederick Gottfried (born January 20, 1964) is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. He was named head coach of North Carolina State University on April 5, 2011.

Gottfried played one season at Oral Roberts and three seasons at Alabama, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in each of his seasons with the Crimson Tide. He spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA, including the team's 1995 NCAA championship season, three years as head coach at Murray State, and eleven years as head coach at Alabama.

Gottfried is currently an honorary board of trustees member of the Athletes in Action sports ministry.

Gottfried was born in Crestline, Ohio. He played varsity basketball at Carterville High School in Carterville, Illinois and Carbondale High School in Carbondale, Illinois. He then played for UMS Prep (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School) in Mobile, Alabama during his senior year, averaging 21.6 ppg/11.2 rpg before graduating in 1982. As a student, he was selected to the National Honor Society. Gottfried was inducted into UMS-Wright's Hall of Fame and in 2004 was the UMS Alumnus of the Year.


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