Jim Valvano

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Seaford, NY

Directed North Carolina State to a stunning 54-52 win over top-ranked Houston to capture the 1983 NCAA championship
Coached North Carolina State to 1983 and 1987 ACC Tournament titles
Assistant coach at Rutgers under Bill Foster for two seasons in 1967-68 and 1968-69, and at Connecticut under Dee Rowe for two seasons in 1970-71 and 1971-72
Major-college career playing statistics under Bill E. Foster (15.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 50.7 FG%, 75.2 FT%)
Final Top 20 Rankings (six: AP/UPI/USA)--1980 (19/NR), 1983 (16/14/1), 1985 (16/18/10), 1986 (NR/NR/11), 1988 (14/13/21) and 1989 (19/18/14)
Major-College All-Americans (two): Iona's Jeff Ruland (1980) and North Carolina State's Lorenzo Charles (1984).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1969-70	Johns Hopkins	3-14	3-9	10th-S	Mid. Atl.	DNP
1972-73	Bucknell	11-14	6-4	T-2nd-W	Mid. Atl.	DNP
1973-74	Bucknell	8-16	2-8	T-5th-W	Mid. Atl.	DNP
1974-75	Bucknell	14-12	4-4	T-3rd-W	ECC	DNP
1975-76	Iona	11-15				DNP
1976-77	Iona	15-10				DNP
1977-78	Iona	17-10				DNP
1978-79	Iona	23-6				NCAA (0-1)
1979-80	Iona*	29-5				NCAA (1-1)
1980-81	North Carolina State	14-13	4-10	7th	ACC	DNP
1981-82	North Carolina State	22-10	7-7	4th	ACC	NCAA (0-1)
1982-83	North Carolina State	26-10	8-6	T-3rd	ACC	NCAA (6-0)
1983-84	North Carolina State	19-14	4-10	7th	ACC	NIT (0-1)
1984-85	North Carolina State	23-10	9-5	T-1st	ACC	NCAA (3-1)
1985-86	North Carolina State	21-13	7-7	4th	ACC	NCAA (3-1)
1986-87	North Carolina State*	20-15	6-8	6th	ACC	NCAA (0-1)
1987-88	North Carolina State*	24-8	10-4	2nd	ACC	NCAA (0-1)
1988-89	North Carolina State	22-9	10-4	1st	ACC	NCAA (2-1)
1989-90	North Carolina State	18-12	6-8	T-4th	ACC	Probation

* NCAA Tournament games later vacated by action of the NCAA.

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