The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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38 ■ THE WOLFPACKER BEFORE AND By The Numbers Here is how some of NC State's vari- ous athletic teams have transformed during Debbie Yow's nine-year tenure as the Pack's director of athletics. Yow started in the sum- mer of 2010 and stepped down in April: Football Before: Tom O'Brien was coming off his third straight losing season and NC State had just one bowl appearance in its previ- ous four campaigns. After: O'Brien was fired af- ter a 7-5 season in 2012 and replaced by DAVE DOEREN, who has gone to five straight bowls and in 2017-18 registered back-to-back nine win seasons, the first such stretch in Raleigh since Dick Sheridan's last two years (1991-92). Men's Basketball Before: Sidney Lowe was four years in as head coach at NC State and the Pack had not won more than six games in ACC play during that span. NCSU had just one Sweet 16 in the previous 21 seasons. After: Following one season under Yow, Lowe was replaced by Mark Gottfried, who led the Pack to two Sweet 16s in his first four years. Af- ter missing the NCAA Tournament in his final two seasons, Gottfried was let go and Kevin Keatts hired before the 2017-18 season. Keatts has led NC State to back-to-back winning seasons in the ACC. The Pack reached the NCAA Tournament in Keatts' first year and its 24 wins this season tied for the most since the 1983 national title team. Women's Basketball Before: Kellie Harper was about to start her second season and the Pack had just one Sweet 16 appearance in the previous nine years. After: Harper did not make the NCAA Tourna- ment for three straight years and was replaced by Wes Moore, who has been to four in six seasons and reached back-to-back Sweet 16s over the last two years. NCSU went 54-15 in those Sweet 16 seasons, and its 28 wins this year is the most since 1980. The 2018-19 team was ranked ninth in the final coaches' poll, the highest finish since the Final Four team of 1998. Swimming & Diving Before: Brooks Teal's program had not fin- ished higher than fifth in the ACC since he took over in 2000-01 on the men's side and sixth with the women. At the NCAA Championships, the men had scored twice and the women once. After: Teal was replaced by Braden Hollo- way before the 2011-12 season, and Holloway has proven to be one of the top coaches in the The minimum guar- antee over 10 years after a contract negoti- ated in 2012 by Yow with Learfield Sports to partner with Capitol Broadcasting Company for NC State's multime- dia rights. NCSU was previously receiving $2.6 million per year for those rights. Value of the Wolf- pack's apparel contract with adidas signed in 2015, which was the 14th most valuable nationally at the time. The deal runs through 2021. NC State's original contract signed with adidas in 2012 was for four years at a total of about $8 million. Investment in the renovation of historic Reynolds Coliseum, which now also houses the NC State Athlet- ics Walk of Fame & History. NC State con- tributed $15 million to the project, which was finished in 2016. Cost to build the Close-King Indoor Practice Facility, which was finished in 2014. Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the Wolfpack in the most recent measuring, the best ever at NC State. The past four years have featured the four highest GSR performances in school history. 25.8 NC State's average finish in the Learfield IMG Directors' Cup over the past four years, compared to a 65.8 average in the four cam- paigns before Yow arrived. The last four years have featured the four highest finishes in school history. Conference titles won during Yow's nine years at NC State. The Pack had won just 16 in the nine years prior to her arrival, with men's and women's cross country accounting for 10 of those crowns in an ACC that has since be - come more competitive by adding Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Louisville, plus Notre Dame in everything except football. 3.02 Cumulative grade point average by NC State student-athletes in the spring of 2018, the first time in athletics history that it exceeded 3.0. $14 million $38.7 million $35 million $49 million 86% 21 PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN