North Carolina State will name Mark Gottfried as its next men's basketball coach, a source confirmed to ESPN Tuesday afternoon. The school has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday afternoon. Gottfried was in his 11th season as head coach at Alabama when he resigned in January 2009. He also spent three seasons as head coach at Murray State. Gottfried, who was an ESPN college basketball analyst this past season, replaces Sidney Lowe, who resigned last month after five seasons.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.
