NC State basketball expected to add former ASU, UK assistant Joel Justus to complete staff
N.C. State basketball coach Kevin Keatts is rounding out his staff with the addition of Joel Justus from Arizona State.
A source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed the hiring to The News and Observer.
Justus, who joined the Sun Devils staff in May 2021 after five seasons as an assistant at Kentucky, will fill the void left by former Wolfpack assistant James Johnson, who left last month.
Coming off of an 11-21 season in 2021-22, Keatts replaced his entire coaching staff. Justus joins former N.C. State forward Levi Watkins and former Clemson assistant Kareem Richardson on the Wolfpack bench.
The new coaches will replace Johnson, Roy Roberson and Mike Summey. Former N.C. State guard and Charlotte native, Torin Dorn, recently returned to the program as a graduate manager.
As a player at UNC-Wilmington, Justus was a member of two Colonial Athletic Association titles. He was also an assistant at Elon and head coach at Davidson Day High before joining John Calipari’s staff at Kentucky.
