RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina State spokesman says the school has received a grand jury subpoena from a New York court seeking records.
Athletics spokesman Fred Demarest confirmed to The Associated Press that the school’s office of general counsel received the subpoena from the Southern District of New York on Jan. 17. Demarest added that North Carolina State’s general counsel was told the subpoena was confidential and did not inform the Wolfpack’s coaching staff.
It is unclear what records the court is seeking and Demarest declined to elaborate on details of the subpoena, which was first reported Friday by the Washington Post.
It’s the same court handling charges that were filed in September in the ongoing federal investigation of corruption in college basketball.
A recent Yahoo Sports report revealed bank records and other expense reports that listed impermissible payments from agents to at least two dozen players or their relatives, including loans of thousands of dollars to former Wolfpack guard Dennis Smith Jr. Smith is in his rookie year with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.
First-year N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts, who did not coach or recruit Smith, had said on Feb. 19 that he had “no reason to believe at all that we have anything to do” with the FBI investigation, adding: “We don’t have red flags or any concerns at all.”
“We’re fine on our end,” Keatts said at the time.
