NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

NC State fired coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, ending an eight-year tenure less than a year after their improbable run to the ACC title and Final Four.

Kevin Keatts may be enjoying his first round of ACC annual meetings as the head men's basketball coach at North Carolina State University, but he's hardly a stranger to the others in the room.