Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)

Jim Valvano

American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (1946–1993)

James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Valvano had a successful coaching career with multiple schools, culminating at NC State. While the head coach at NC State, his team won the 1983 NCAA Division I…