Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason Jim Valvano (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1980 -- 1990) 1980 -- 81 Jim Valvano 14 -- 13 4 -- 10 7th 1981 -- 82 Jim Valvano 22 -- 10 7 -- 7 4th NCAA First Round 1982 -- 83 Jim Valvano 26 -- 10 8 -- 6 T -- 3rd NCAA Champions 1983 -- 84 Jim Valvano 19 -- 14 4 -- 10 7th NIT First Round 1984 -- 85 Jim Valvano 23 -- 10 9 -- 5 T -- 1st NCAA Elite Eight 1985 -- 86 Jim Valvano 21 -- 13 7 -- 7 T -- 4th NCAA Elite Eight 1986 -- 87 Jim Valvano 20 -- 15 6 -- 8 6th NCAA First Round 1987 -- 88 Jim Valvano 24 -- 8 10 -- 4 2nd NCAA First Round 1988 -- 89 Jim Valvano 22 -- 9 10 -- 4 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1989 -- 90 Jim Valvano 18 -- 12 6 -- 8 T -- 5th Jim Valvano: 209 -- 114 71 -- 69 Les Robinson (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1990 -- 1996) 1990 -- 91 Les Robinson 20 -- 11 8 -- 6 T -- 3rd NCAA Second Round 1991 -- 92 Les Robinson 12 -- 18 6 -- 10 7th 1992 -- 93 Les Robinson 8 -- 19 2 -- 14 T -- 8th 1993 -- 94 Les Robinson 11 -- 19 5 -- 11 9th 1994 -- 95 Les Robinson 12 -- 15 4 -- 12 8th 1995 -- 96 Les Robinson 15 -- 16 3 -- 13 9th Les Robinson: 78 -- 98 28 -- 66 Herb Sendek (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1996 -- 2006) 1996 -- 97 Herb Sendek 17 -- 15 4 -- 12 8th NIT Second Round 1997 -- 98 Herb Sendek 17 -- 15 5 -- 11 8th NIT Second Round 1998 -- 99 Herb Sendek 19 -- 14 6 -- 10 5th NIT Second Round 1999 -- 00 Herb Sendek 20 -- 14 6 -- 10 6th NIT Semifinals 2000 -- 01 Herb Sendek 13 -- 16 5 -- 11 7th 2001 -- 02 Herb Sendek 23 -- 11 9 -- 7 T -- 3rd NCAA Second Round 2002 -- 03 Herb Sendek 18 -- 13 9 -- 7 4th NCAA First Round 2003 -- 04 Herb Sendek 21 -- 10 11 -- 5 2nd NCAA Second Round 2004 -- 05 Herb Sendek 21 -- 14 7 -- 9 T -- 6th NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2005 -- 06 Herb Sendek 22 -- 10 10 -- 6 4th NCAA Second Round Herb Sendek: 191 -- 132 72 -- 88 Sidney Lowe (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2006 -- 2011) 2006 -- 07 Sidney Lowe 20 -- 16 5 -- 11 T -- 10th NIT Quarterfinals 2007 -- 08 Sidney Lowe 15 -- 16 4 -- 12 T -- 11th 2008 -- 09 Sidney Lowe 16 -- 14 6 -- 10 10th 2009 -- 10 Sidney Lowe 20 -- 16 5 -- 11 T -- 9th NIT Second Round 2010 -- 11 Sidney Lowe 15 -- 16 5 -- 11 T -- 10th Sidney Lowe: 86 -- 78 25 -- 55 Mark Gottfried (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2011 -- 2017) 2011 -- 12 Mark Gottfried 24 -- 13 9 -- 7 T -- 4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2012 -- 13 Mark Gottfried 24 -- 11 11 -- 7 T -- 4th NCAA Second Round 2013 -- 14 Mark Gottfried 22 -- 14 9 -- 9 T -- 7th NCAA Second Round 2014 -- 15 Mark Gottfried 22 -- 14 10 -- 8 T -- 6th NCAA Sweet Sixteen 2015 -- 16 Mark Gottfried 16 -- 17 5 -- 13 13th 2016 -- 17 Mark Gottfried 15 -- 17 4 -- 14 13th Mark Gottfried: 123 -- 86 48 -- 58 Kevin Keatts (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2017 -- present) 2017 -- 18 Kevin Keatts Kevin Keatts: Total: 687 -- 508 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion
when was the last time nc state made the ncaa tournament
2014 -- 15