Keatts won 23 games and made it in the NCAAT in year 6 at NC State. Year 7 he went 17-14 and 9-11 in the ACC, before winning the ACCT and going to the Final4 - they finished with 26 wins. He came back for an 8th year, they won 12 games and he got fired.
Keatts was more successful than Red his first 3 years, he had over 20 wins each year. In year 1 they finished 3rd in the ACC and made it to the tournament. Dipped in year 4 and 5 (11 wins and 14 wins). Before 23 wins in year 7.
I think Keatts only came back because they made the F4 run … I imagine Red would ve similar. Keatts had accomplished a ton more than Red had but even that F4 run only bought him 1 year