nc state won the men's basketball national championship under jim valvano in 1974.
nc state won the men's basketball national championship under jim valvano in 1974.
when did nc state win the men's basketball national championship under jim valvano?
1974
following graduation, valvano began his coaching career at rutgers as the freshman coach and assistant for the varsity. his 19-year career as a head basketball coach began at johns hopkins in baltimore for a season; he was then an assistant at connecticut for two years. following that, he was the head coach at bucknell, iona, and north carolina state. following norm sloan's departure to florida, valvano was hired at nc state on march 27, 1980, and made his debut on november 29, when the wolfpack defeated unc-wilmington 83-59. during his ten seasons at nc state, valvano's teams were the acc's tournament champions in 1983 and 1987 and its regular season champions in 1985 and 1989. the wolfpack won the ncaa championship in 1983, in addition to advancing to the ncaa elite 8 in 1985 and 1986. "coach v" was voted acc coach of the year in 1989. valvano became nc state's athletic director in 1986. his overall record at nc state was 209–114 () and his career record as a head coach was 346–210 ().
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after this report, valvano was forced to resign as the school's athletic director in october 1989. he remained as basketball coach through the 1989–90 season. under subsequent pressure from the school's faculty and new chancellor, valvano negotiated a settlement with nc state and resigned as basketball coach on april 7, 1990. six separate entities investigated valvano and the nc state basketball program including the nc state faculty senate, the north carolina attorney general, the university of north carolina board of governors, the nc state board of trustees, and the ncaa. none of them found any evidence of recruiting violations or academic or financial impropriety on the part of valvano or his staff. dave didion, the ncaa investigator handling valvano's case, wrote a personal letter to valvano, saying, among other things, "if i had a son, i would feel comfortable with you as his coach and encourage him to learn from you." a school investigation did reveal that valvano's student-athletes did not perform well in the classroom, as only 11 of the players that he coached prior to 1988 had maintained an average of c or better.
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