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Overall Rating:3.30 based on 33 ratings
ItemImageJim Valvano's career coaching record was 346-212. Valvano was most known for leading North Carolina to a stunning upset of heavily favored Houston in 1983's National Championship game. Jim Valvano died of cancer in 1993.

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go_Heels (0)
12/08/2005
Big heart average coach

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JOHN HAYEN (0)
06/27/2005
Very good coach and from everyone says even a better person. Sad he died the deathe he did. With all that said he didn't have the longevity or success to rate him ahead of the likes of Dean Smith or Coach K.

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jam617 (0)
05/03/2005
a hero if there ever was one

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EschewObfuscation (61)
03/22/2005
My Dad, brother and I met him at a dinner in Syracuse in 1982 (I think) while he was coach at Iona (Jeff Ruland played for him) and what a speaker! He was even funnier yakking over a few drinks, the guy could really hold court. When he went to NC State, we thought he might be over his head, Iona wasn't that strong a program and seemed to reach its highwater mark under him. When he won the national championship, against the prohibitive favorite Phi Slamma Jamma U/Houston team (featuring Clyde Drexler, Akeem Olajuwon, and several additional future NBAers) we (along with the entire college basketball world) were stunned. Watching him aimlessly run up and down the court from one group of Wolfpack revellers to another, looking for someone to hug and dance with, was an added treat. Gone too soon, rest in peace, Jimmy.

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YourTeamSucks (0)
03/21/2005
He Was A Great Guy...not the best coach ever.......

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TriSec (2)
08/12/2004
I started watching basketball because of the 1983 Wolfpack. This was surely the 'Miracle on the Hardwood'. Rest In Peace, Jimmy V!

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CapAnson (1)
05/07/2004
May not have had the best won-loss record but he got the most he could out of his teams, He was a great motivator and imaginative Xs and Os coach.

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