The Justin Gainey Era at North Carolina State began with a proclamation.
“I am NC State,” Gainey said at the Atlantic Coast Conference media day, and his resume makes it hard to argue.
Gainey returns to Raleigh as the Wolfpack’s third head coach in as many seasons after playing point guard at NC State from 1996-2000. Those squads that made four straight NIT appearances. He later worked in the program as an intern and later was director of basketball operations…