Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame
The late Jim Valvano co-captained the 1966-67 squad with Bob Lloyd and was known as "Mr. Defense." Named the Rutgers Senior Athlete of the Year in 1967, Valvano scored 1,122 points, then the sixth-best scoring figure in history. Following two seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, this charismatic personality later held head coaching positions at Johns Hopkins, Bucknell and Iona, before moving on to North Carolina State. He guided the 1982-83 Wolfpack squad to the national title. The recipient of the Rutgers Medal in 1983, Valvano owned a 346-212 record for his 18-year head coaching career. He later gained even more national acclaim as a sportscaster with ABC and ESPN. His final triumph came toward the end of his glorious life when he announced the formation of The V Foundation for Cancer Research at the 1993 ESPY Awards. Founded by ESPN and Jim Valvano, The V Foundation was established to carry out Jim's final, unmet dream to soundly defeat cancer.
