South Carolina assistant coach Orlando Early has been lured to Raleigh to be assistant coach of the Wolfpack by his former boss at Alabama from 2001-2005 Mark Gottfried.

“I’m leaving South Carolina because this is an opportunity for my family and me that I can’t pass up,” Early said in a release. “Mark Gottfried and I are longtime friends and have a very close relationship. When I left Alabama, I left to take a head coaching position, but Mark and I have always talked about working together again in the future, and that opportunity has opened up for me at N.C. State.”

Early coached as South Carolina one season after being head coach at Louisiana-Monroe for four seasons.