Found 329 events matching "year:[1970 TO 1979]"
NC State women's basketball team was named ACC regular-season champions in 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1990.
Women's basketball was first recognized as a league sport by the ACC.
The first African American student in the College of Textiles, James "Jim" Rucker, graduated with a BS in textile chemistry in 1971.
Junior varsity cheerleader Elizabeth Jan Seymour was the first woman chosen for the mascot formerly known as Miss Wolf. During Seymour's first game as mascot, the cheerleaders debuted their hand gesture now known as “wolf hands.”
Wilbert Johnson, the first African American assistant coach for men's basketball at NC State, was hired by head coach Norm Sloan.
The softball team won the state title at the conclusion of their first season. During this time, games were played at Pullen Park in a clearing known as Red Diamond.
Wrestling won ACC Team Championships in 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004 with Bob Guzzo as head coach.
In his tenure at NC State, Bob Guzzo was named ACC's "Coach of the Year" six times and coached 86 individual ACC champions, 24 All-Americans, and four national champions.
Don Easterling started the women's swimming and diving program from the ground up in 1976. He served as women's swimming and diving head coach from 1976 to 1981 and 1984 to 1995.
