Mark Gottfried
Mark Gottfried
Mark Frederick Gottfried is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. He was named head coach of North Carolina State University on April 5, 2011...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 January 1964
high late maturity ron school starting step unique ways
Ron Steele is starting to step up in ways that he did in high school with his team. With maturity comes some aggressiveness, especially late in the game. He's a unique person and he will find a way for you to win. He's done that for us this year.
four free key plays stepped throws
Davidson stepped up and made those four free throws at the end. We made some key plays at key times.
condition game helping richard stepped
I think Richard has really stepped his game up. He's in better condition now, and that's helping him be a lot more effective.
carry chuck difference gained loss played players step stunned
We were stunned (after the loss to Ole Miss) when Chuck went down, and we played like it. But now we've gained some confidence. We've had some different players step up and carry us. That's been the difference between then and now.
beat bomb kept telling
They kept telling me on the bus, 'The bomb isn't going to beat us, coach.
cap fact far feather gives night number perceived selection tournament
The fact we don't play on the first night of the tournament is big. That was important for us for a number of reasons. No. 1, it gives you another day or rest. No. 2, it's one more feather in your cap as far as how you're perceived by the (NCAA) selection committee.
players sure talk
I'm not going to talk about it (to the team), and I'm not sure our players will, either.
chance decided hard players proud themselves
I'm proud of our guys. I think our players just decided to rally, play hard and do everything they can to give themselves a chance to win.
close gesture great night number senior shows wear
It was a great gesture by Evan Brock. Unselfish. To wear Chuck's number on (Brock's) senior night just shows how close we all are as a team.
opportunity time
I wanted to play Felix but didn't have an opportunity. I didn't feel the time was right.
basketball condition good handle legs players shape underneath
It's important to have our legs back underneath us. But the players are in pretty good shape and in good basketball condition and can handle it pretty well.
proud
It's disappointing to lose, but I'm proud of our team; I'm proud of the way we played.
athletic players
(Arkansas is) one of the most athletic groups, players 1 through 9, in this whole tournament.
coach difficult
As a coach, sometimes that's a difficult thing to do.