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Will Wade Is Leaving NC State For LSU

Multiple sources have confirmed that NC State head coach Will Wade will leave after one season and accept the head coaching job at LSU, whenever it becomes available in the near future.
March 26, 2026
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Multiple sources have confirmed that NC State head coach Will Wade will leave after one season and accept the head coaching job at LSU, whenever it becomes available in the near future.

Wade posted a 20-14 record in his lone season at NC State, finishing 10-8 in the ACC with a loss to Texas in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament.

Stay tuned for more shortly from Inside Pack Sports!

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Will Wade Is Leaving NC State For LSU (Locking at 3PM)

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I know where most of us would like to put a boot up …… his sorry ass !


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Wolfer79 said:

I asked Rod Brind'Amour, who has pretty deep ties to NC State, about Wolfpack coach Will Wade's departure to LSU. Some good insight here:

"I know the program pretty well. I didn't know Will. I've got a good relationship with (AD) Boo (Corrigan). I've got a good relationship with (NC State baseball) coach Elliott Avent; he's a great family friend. They need to hire a guy like Coach Avent. That's what you need to do. Get a guy that gets it, a guy that's a good people person, that's in it for the right reasons. That's what they need to hire."

Followed up asking if the program needs someone like him with the Hurricanes, that understands the region and the program; a Sidney Lowe-type even though that didn't end up working for NC State.

"Well, that's maybe a different reason, but it's the right guy, if you get what I mean. A guy that appreciates here. In today's college atmosphere. I don't know it's different. There's no loyalty anymore, clearly. I mean, it'd be nice if you get that feeling back. That's what was so great about college. You go to a school, and you're part of it forever. And what are we doing? And this a prime example.

"I'm sure there's a guy out there that still has that attachment to the place. I think that would be a start. If we want these kids to stick around, how do you I don't know, it just blows my mind that that's how that all went down. But I think he did them a favor."




That is awesome . Somebody make sure Wade sees that quote .

I'd pay good money to see Rod check ole Grimace Wade into the boards .
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I have not read all the posts on all the threads, but the rumor that I am hearing is that we got scammed royally by Wade. Sold his house in Louisiana for $100 when he left McNeese State and purchased it back in late February of this year. Never planned to coach at State for more than one year. We got used by Wade….
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tax records will be out soon enough.

I refuse to believe they are that dumb but I have to stop saying that because they just keep topping themselves.
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James I heard some former Nc State asst coaches were not impressed with it staff.

If a Corp Manager or Coach turns over his complete Staff- the Problem is with the Head Man.
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MovingPacker said:

Sounds like he just described JG.

Well, in case you weren't aware. Rod's father-in-law, Eddie Biedenbach, recruited Gainey to State (Gainey actually committed to Les Robinson and Sendek kept him) and Eddie also gave Rick Barnes his first college basketball job.
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Pack00 said:

I have not read all the posts on all the threads, but the rumor that I am hearing is that we got scammed royally by Wade. Sold his house in Louisiana for $100 when he left McNeese State and purchased it back in late February of this year. Never planned to coach at State for more than one year. We got used by Wade….


$100 was a transfer fee someone said on socials. But cant wait when that house closes to see who the owner is.

My guess is Wade or someone very close to him
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Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru
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TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?
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Bas2020 said:

Darrion Williams is "liking" photos on social made that have Wade morphed into a snake lol .

A lot of our fans owe him and others an apology .

No telling what the hell was going on behind closed doors with Wade .

IF anything Wade ruined the careers somewhat of guys like Williams , Arcenaux and Holliman while simultaneously throwing them under the bus .

These kids started to smell a rat back in Feb all the while they were being bashed on forums and social media .

Huh? Fans owe Williams an apology for criticizing his lack of rebounding, playing defense, etc. Nah. He earned that criticism and if you aren't able to tune everything else out when you step on the lines as a 22-23 year old man, that isn't on the fans.
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Yeah DW isn't off the hook for me. He gave too little effort in too many games. Hope he invests that $$$ Muffin Top Willy paid him this year.
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kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.
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TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.


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WolfpackUSC said:

Pack00 said:

I have not read all the posts on all the threads, but the rumor that I am hearing is that we got scammed royally by Wade. Sold his house in Louisiana for $100 when he left McNeese State and purchased it back in late February of this year. Never planned to coach at State for more than one year. We got used by Wade….


$100 was a transfer fee someone said on socials. But cant wait when that house closes to see who the owner is.

My guess is Wade or someone very close to him


It looks to me that he put home in LLC/Trust in 2023 selling for $150 handled by the Olivier family. There have been Olivier family members living I that home since that time.

My guess is they did this to protect the home while NCAA trial was underway from being part of any punishment…look I have no assets.

The home was originally owned by Olivier family dating back to the 70s. The Olivier family run a Wealth Management firm (managing about 350M in assets) in BR and big donors to LSU.

AI is fun and public records exist..
It’s only ******* April.
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FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?
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That is BS.
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Oldsouljer said:

FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?

Yeah I call BS on that post. Debbie wanted Shaka. Unfortunately VCU went on a once in a lifetime run. We waited all through the tournament until after the final four. She also targeted Sean Miller. Rick Barnes was not part of that search... maybe Fowler screwed up with him years prior but I don't remember. When we whiffed on Miller and Shaka she panicked and had to go get out of work Gott. Which given the disaster that was at the time we actually did pretty well for a bit there.
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ncsualum05 said:

Oldsouljer said:

FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?

Yeah I call BS on that post. Debbie wanted Shaka. Unfortunately VCU went on a once in a lifetime run. We waited all through the tournament until after the final four. She also targeted Sean Miller. Rick Barnes was not part of that search... maybe Fowler screwed up with him years prior but I don't remember. When we whiffed on Miller and Shaka she panicked and had to go get out of work Gott. Which given the disaster that was at the time we actually did pretty well for a bit there.


Two Sweet 16s in 6 years was such a disaster.
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ncsualum05 said:

Oldsouljer said:

FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?

Yeah I call BS on that post. Debbie wanted Shaka. Unfortunately VCU went on a once in a lifetime run. We waited all through the tournament until after the final four. She also targeted Sean Miller. Rick Barnes was not part of that search... maybe Fowler screwed up with him years prior but I don't remember. When we whiffed on Miller and Shaka she panicked and had to go get out of work Gott. Which given the disaster that was at the time we actually did pretty well for a bit there.

Thanks, I knew that was the gist, just couldn't provide the details. LOL, when you hire the "Gottfather", you had to suspect there was something going on with him. But you're right, we had some hellacious wins on his tenure including the night we held UNC to a record low 49 points in the Dean Dome.
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TheCapper said:

WolfpackUSC said:

Pack00 said:

I have not read all the posts on all the threads, but the rumor that I am hearing is that we got scammed royally by Wade. Sold his house in Louisiana for $100 when he left McNeese State and purchased it back in late February of this year. Never planned to coach at State for more than one year. We got used by Wade….


$100 was a transfer fee someone said on socials. But cant wait when that house closes to see who the owner is.

My guess is Wade or someone very close to him


It looks to me that he put home in LLC/Trust in 2023 selling for $150 handled by the Olivier family. There have been Olivier family members living I that home since that time.

My guess is they did this to protect the home while NCAA trial was underway from being part of any punishment…look I have no assets.

The home was originally owned by Olivier family dating back to the 70s. The Olivier family run a Wealth Management firm (managing about 350M in assets) in BR and big donors to LSU.

AI is fun and public records exist..


Wade a super snake
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ncsualum05 said:

Oldsouljer said:

FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?

Yeah I call BS on that post. Debbie wanted Shaka. Unfortunately VCU went on a once in a lifetime run. We waited all through the tournament until after the final four. She also targeted Sean Miller. Rick Barnes was not part of that search... maybe Fowler screwed up with him years prior but I don't remember. When we whiffed on Miller and Shaka she panicked and had to go get out of work Gott. Which given the disaster that was at the time we actually did pretty well for a bit there.

Right, we had reached the point where basically everyone had turned down the job publicly, even people like Phil Ford who weren't even contacted about the job. Debbie wrote a dismal letter to the fans outlining the current state which made it sound like there wasn't a coach in America that would touch our job. Next day she hires Gott.
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ncsualum05 said:

Oldsouljer said:

FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?

Yeah I call BS on that post. Debbie wanted Shaka. Unfortunately VCU went on a once in a lifetime run. We waited all through the tournament until after the final four. She also targeted Sean Miller. Rick Barnes was not part of that search... maybe Fowler screwed up with him years prior but I don't remember. When we whiffed on Miller and Shaka she panicked and had to go get out of work Gott. Which given the disaster that was at the time we actually did pretty well for a bit there.


Yes, DY wanted Shaka. She knew the Miller family would never work for her, the same reason Archie avoided State when she hired KK. Shaka was never really in play. Equal parts DY reputation and the reputation of State fans.

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WolfpackUSC said:

TheCapper said:

WolfpackUSC said:

Pack00 said:

I have not read all the posts on all the threads, but the rumor that I am hearing is that we got scammed royally by Wade. Sold his house in Louisiana for $100 when he left McNeese State and purchased it back in late February of this year. Never planned to coach at State for more than one year. We got used by Wade….


$100 was a transfer fee someone said on socials. But cant wait when that house closes to see who the owner is.

My guess is Wade or someone very close to him


It looks to me that he put home in LLC/Trust in 2023 selling for $150 handled by the Olivier family. There have been Olivier family members living I that home since that time.

My guess is they did this to protect the home while NCAA trial was underway from being part of any punishment…look I have no assets.

The home was originally owned by Olivier family dating back to the 70s. The Olivier family run a Wealth Management firm (managing about 350M in assets) in BR and big donors to LSU.

AI is fun and public records exist..


Wade a super snake


Mrs. DACWolf looking at the property on Zillow now...address visible.
So...I say we all send Christmas cards this year???
DACWolf aka WolfDAC
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Maybe we can use Tom's Gopher app to pay some local kids to poop on his porch?
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LSU fan seriously trying to mock Duke's "old high school gym" tp a Duke fan who's standing up for us is the content I'm here for!

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TriangleDreamer said:

LSU fan seriously trying to mock Duke's "old high school gym" tp a Duke fan who's standing up for us is the content I'm here for!




I didnt have "Duke and UNC fans sticking up for us" or "LSU fans being the most insufferable people on the planet" on my bingo card
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Headed back to Baton Rouge!
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This is the greatest thing I've ever heard in my life. If whoever left this voicemail is on this board, please let me know when the earliest opportunity is that I can buy you a beer

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Cornpack said:

This is the greatest thing I've ever heard in my life. If whoever left this voicemail is on this board, please let me know when the earliest opportunity is that I can buy you a beer




God I love this fanbase
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Samuel Locklear said:




Lmao
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Samuel Locklear said:



Or in Wade's case, grits.
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Trickynic1 said:

James I heard some former Nc State asst coaches were not impressed with it staff.

If a Corp Manager or Coach turns over his complete Staff- the Problem is with the Head Man.

I've heard the same.
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FinsUp said:

ncsualum05 said:

Oldsouljer said:

FinsUp said:

TriangleDreamer said:

kmb717 said:

TriangleDreamer said:



Just gonna leave this right here.. love her or hate her, Yow is Wolfpack thru and thru


How in the world could anyone hate Debbie?


Some apparently do, though I cannot fathom why.

For starters, when she fired Lowe, Rick Barnes called inquiring about the job. She told him he was too old and hung up on him, then hired Gott the next day.




I'm not challenging your account, honestly my memory is a bit hazy and perhaps you can refresh it for me, but I seem to recall that she'd locked in on someone, that fell through, and she was in a tight spot (and said as much to us in an e-mail) until she lucked onto Gottfried which kind of saved her bacon. Was that someone other than Barnes?

Yeah I call BS on that post. Debbie wanted Shaka. Unfortunately VCU went on a once in a lifetime run. We waited all through the tournament until after the final four. She also targeted Sean Miller. Rick Barnes was not part of that search... maybe Fowler screwed up with him years prior but I don't remember. When we whiffed on Miller and Shaka she panicked and had to go get out of work Gott. Which given the disaster that was at the time we actually did pretty well for a bit there.


Yes, DY wanted Shaka. She knew the Miller family would never work for her, the same reason Archie avoided State when she hired KK. Shaka was never really in play. Equal parts DY reputation and the reputation of State fans.



From what I recall, Sean was the first choice the Shaka year.
 
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