In one of the biggest college basketball stories of March so far, Will Wade decided to leave NC State and return with LSU to helm the men’s basketball program, four years after he was fired by the school.
Wade’s longstanding dalliance with LSU was hardly a well-kept secret, as rumors of his potential reunion were swirling before LSU officially parted ways with Matt McMahon on Thursday. The Tigers had, after all, already brought former McNeese president Wade Rousse as well as former McNeese athletic director Health Schroyer—two of Wade’s close associates—into the building. With the trilogy now complete, Wade will look to usher in more success in his second stint as LSU’s head coach, while NC State will be hunting for Wade’s replacement exactly a year since he was hired in March 2025.
