Who Is NC State Coach Kevin Keatts' Wife? All About Georgette Keatts

The head coach of NC State is married to Georgette Keatts and together they have two sons, KJ and Kaden

Throughout March Madness, Kevin Keatts has been leading the NC State Wolfpack men’s basketball team, but at home, he has a pack of his own backing him.

Keatts, who became the head coach at NC State in 2017, is married to Georgette Keatts. The couple tied the knot during his coaching stint at Hargrave Military Academy in the late 90s and later welcomed two sons, KJ and Kaden.

Over the years, the family of four has given glimpses of their life together as well as their full support for NC State.

In fact, their eldest son has followed in Keatts' footsteps by becoming a member of the Wolfpack himself. Currently, he’s a sophomore at the university and plays on the men’s basketball team as a guard.

From the couple’s early beginnings to how they support each other off the court, here’s everything to know about Keatts’ wife.

They got married when he was coaching for Hargrave Military Academy

Keatts began his coaching career as an assistant at Southwestern Michigan College in 1996. After one season, he took a job at Hargrave Military Academy in his native state of Virginia, where he was an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to head coach in 1999.

During that time, he married his wife Georgette, per The News & Observer. The newlyweds later made their way to West Virginia in 2001 as Keatts served as an assistant coach to Greg White for the Marshall men's basketball team, the Thundering Herd.

They have two sons

His tenure at Marshall was short-lived, as he returned in 2003 to Hargrave Military Academy to serve as head coach. He stayed with the school until 2011, during which time he and his wife welcomed two sons, KJ and Kaden.

They moved with their family frequently

The Keatts family primarily raised their kids in Virginia as he coached at Hargrave Military Academy, But as Keatts continued to pursue his coaching career, they had to move states; for example, per the Fayetteville Observer, his oldest son KJ started elementary school in Virginia but finished in Kentucky when his father became the associate head coach for the Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team.

Their kids were apprehensive about moving to Raleigh for his coaching job

After leaving Louisville in 2014, Keatts was named the head coach of UNC Wilmington. As a result, he and his family moved to the beach town (which you may recognize from filming locations of shows including The Summer I Turned Pretty, Dawson’s Creek and One Tree Hill).

Though the family quickly became acclimated to Wilmington, they had to move again when Keatts became head coach at North Carolina State University in 2017, succeeding Mark Gottfried.

According to Keatts, his family had mixed feelings about the move. However, he later talked them into it by highlighting the selling points of the Raleigh area.

"I started talking about national championships, I started talking about PNC Arena and going to play there, I started talking about the Dail Center, I talked about the tradition and I started showing them pictures," Keatts told NC State University Athletics. "They went to their mom and came back to me in the kitchen, and said, 'Coach, I'll tell you what, I'm ready to commit to NC State.'"

She’s a proud NC State fan

Since Keatts became the head coach at NC State, his family has become die-hard fans. His wife in particular, who affectionately goes by the username coachkkwife on X, is constantly posting about the Wolfpack online, resharing posts from the basketball team and excitedly cheering them on during games.

Their son plays basketball for NC State

Keatts’ son KJ has followed in his footsteps in more ways than one. After graduating from Grace Christian School in Raleigh, he enrolled at NC State. In August 2022, Keatts proudly posted about moving his son into college as the entire family repped the Wolfpack with NC State shirts. KJ also plays on the men’s basketball team as a guard, per ESPN.

Kevin jokes she’s the “head coach at home”

While Keatts has coached the NC State Wolfpack to the Final Four during March Madness, his wife helps keep their family in line at home. During a previous interview with local news station WRAL, Keatts said that his wife is “head coach at home.”

“I’m the assistant coach. I got no pull,” he joked. “She runs everything. She’s unbelievable. I don’t know how I could do this job without her.”

“My role is to just try to make everything run as smoothly as I can,” Georgette added.

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