LSU is working to bring back NC State’s Will Wade as its next basketball coach with the future of Matt McMahon up in the air, according to reports from 247Sports and CBS Sports, and the feeling among NC State faithful is that Wade may already be gone after just one season.
“The push from LSU to land Wade has reached a different level, and all signs point to him taking the position in Baton Rouge,” wrote R. Cory Smith on Pack Power, which is an NC State site in the 247Sports network.
While the Tigers’ coaching job is not yet open, sources told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein that LSU is working to hire McNeese’s Heath Schroyer as a Senior Administrator. That’s significant considering Schroyer and LSU President Wade Rousse previously hired Wade to lead at McNeese.
“(They) are on the verge of bringing him (Wade) back to Baton Rouge,” Rothstein said on social media. LSU has not announced anything on the future of McMahon, who has been at LSU since 2022.
Wade, who just led the Wolfpack to the NCAA Tournament in his first season, was previously fired at LSU in 2022 after the Tigers received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA stemming from alleged rules violations committed during his five-year tenure.