18 Facts About Mark Gottfried

Mark Frederick Gottfried was born on January 20,1964 and is an American men's college basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Cal State Northridge Matadors.

Mark Gottfried spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at UCLA, including the team's 1995 NCAA championship season, three years as head coach at Murray State, eleven years as head coach at Alabama, and six seasons at North Carolina State.

Mark Gottfried played varsity basketball at Carterville High School in Carterville, Illinois, and Carbondale High School in Carbondale, Illinois.

Mark Gottfried was inducted into UMS-Wright's Hall of Fame and in 2004, was the UMS Alumnus of the Year.

Mark Gottfried was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the seventh round of the 1987 NBA draft, though he never played professionally.

Mark Gottfried served as an assistant coach for eight seasons at UCLA under Jim Harrick.

Mark Gottfried coached the Racers to Ohio Valley Conference championships in each of his seasons as head coach, becoming the first head coach to win three OVC titles in only three seasons.

Mark Gottfried was hired by the University of Alabama on March 25,1998.

On January 26,2009, after the controversial departure of player Ronald Steele and an underperforming season at that point, Mark Gottfried met with Alabama Athletics Director Mal Moore and resigned mid-season.

However it would be Mark Gottfried's last winning season in Raleigh.

Mark Gottfried joined the Dallas Mavericks as an assistant coach for their 2017 NBA Summer League team.

Mark Gottfried was hired as head coach of Cal State Northridge on March 12,2018.

Mark Gottfried never returned; he and CSU Northridge mutually agreed to part ways in December 2021, shortly after he was handed a show-cause penalty for the violations at NC State.

Mark Gottfried is divorced and the father of four sons and one daughter.

Mark Gottfried's oldest son, Brandon, was a standout athlete at Gulf Shores High School in both football and basketball and graduated from Stanford University, where he played football as a tight end.

Mark Gottfried's daughter, Mary Layson, is an accomplished international fashion model.

Mark Gottfried's father, Joe Gottfried, is a former NCAA Southern Illinois Univ-Carbondale basketball coach and retired as Director of Athletics at the University of South Alabama in 2009.

Mark Gottfried's uncle, Mike Gottfried, was a college football head coach and an analyst on ESPN college football broadcasts.