Historical State, 125, NC State University, one hundred twenty-five years of shaping the future

1980

Front row (left to right): Max Perry, Sidney Lowe, Derek Whittenburg, Ty Wadsworth, manager. Second row (left to right): Craig Sink, trainer; Ray Martin, assistant coach; Jim Valvano, head coach; Marty Fletcher, assistant. coach; Benny McKaig, grad assistant. Third row (left to right): Gary Bryant, manager; Phil Weber; Harold Thompson; Kenny Matthews; Emmett Lay; Dale Burleson, manager. Fourth row (left to right): Craig Watts, Thurl Bailey, Chuck Nevitt, Art Jones, Scott Parzych.
Jim Valvano: A native of New York City, Jim Valvano was Head Coach at North Carolina State University from 1980 until 1990, a period in which NCSU won the ACC Tournament twice (1983, 1987) and the ACC season twice (1985, 1989). In 1983, Valvano led the Wolfpack to the NCAA championship. He was voted NCAA Coach of the Year twice during his NC State tenure. He resigned as Head Coach in April 1990 following year-long accusations that team members had been selling free athletic shoes and tickets in violation of NCAA rules. The accusations resulted in State being banned from the 1990 NCAA Tournament and the basketball program being placed on probation for two years. The Poole Commission Report, along with investigations by the NCAA, UNC, and NCSU, eventually concluded that there had been no improprieties by the Coach.

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