By Noah Fleichman At this point of NC State’s search for a new men’s basketball coach after the Wolfpack fired Kevin Keatts on Sunday, the Wolfpack is most interested in VCU’s Ryan Odom and McNeese State’s Will Wade,

The Pack Pride team just revealed their top North Carolina State coaching candidates after Kevin Keatts was fired on Sunday

Exactly 345 days ago, NC State was celebrating its first ACC tournament championship in decades, the precursor to a miraculous Final Four run. That postseason surge earned Kevin Keatts a contract extension and an automatic raise, seemingly setting him up for future success in Raleigh.

Justin Gainey could be a candidate to be the next NC State coach after Kevin Keatts was fired Sunday. The Tennessee basketball associate head coach played for the Wolfpack from 1996-2000 and was on staff at NC State from 2006-09.

Kevin Keatts’ eight-year tenure with the Wolfpack ended with his dismissal Sunday. N.C. State said it would conduct a national search for his replacement.