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American sports radio personality (born 1957)

Bob Valvano
Biographical details
Born	(1957-01-29) January 29, 1957 (age 67) Queens, New York, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1975–1977	Virginia Wesleyan
Soccer
1976–1978	Virginia Wesleyan
Golf
1976–1979	Virginia Wesleyan

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1979–1982	Hofstra (asst)
1982–1984	Kutztown
1984–1988	St. Francis (NY)
1989–1992	Catholic University
1992–1994	St. Mary's (MD)
1994–1998	Bellarmine

Head coaching record
Overall	178–226
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CAC regular season (1992)
Awards
CAC Coach of the Year (1992)

Bob Valvano (born January 29, 1957) is a former college basketball coach and an American sportscaster based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Television and coaching

During the college-basketball season, he is the lead game analyst for ESPNRadio, and occasionally for ESPNU. When not doing those games, Valvano is the color analyst for University of Louisville men's basketball games on radio (WHAS 840 and WKRD 790.)

Valvano began his coaching career at Hofstra University where he was an assistant to head coach Dick Berg for three years. Then he took over the head coaching position at Division II Kutztown. Valvano coached there for two years, setting the single-season record for wins his second year, before taking the head coaching position at St. Francis College in 1984. At the time of Valvano's hiring he was the youngest head coach in Division I men's basketball at 27 years old. While with the Terriers, Valvano did not have a winning season but did win the college's first postseason game in over 30 years in 1988.

In 1988, he left for Sweden to coach the Alvik Professional Basketball Club. After one year in Sweden, he returned to take the head coaching position at Division III Catholic University, where his third team there had the first 20-win season in school history, (20–6), and set 6 NCAA records for 3-point shooting.

Valvano then went to St. Mary's (MD), where his team had that school's first winning season ever at the NCAA level in 1994.

In 1994, Valvano took the head coaching job at Bellarmine University, where his teams improved for four straight years, culminating in back-to-back winning seasons (16–11, 17–10) his last two seasons.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
St. Francis (NY) Terriers (ECAC Metro Conference) (1984–1988)
1984–85	St. Francis (NY)	7–12	3–11	8th
1985–86	St. Francis (NY)	9–19	4–12	8th
1986–87	St. Francis (NY)	11–16	5–11	T-7th
1987–88	St. Francis (NY)	11–18	5–11	7th
St. Francis (NY):		38–74	17–45
Total:		178–226
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Radio

Valvano hosts a daily radio show (The V Show) on ESPN680 in Louisville from noon until 3 weekdays.

He had hosted a late night show on ESPN Radio (under the same V Show moniker) for over twelve years. During that time, SI's Richard Deitsch named Valvano his National Sportsradio Voice of the Year in 2012.

Valvano was also named Kentucky Sportscaster of the Year in 2016.

A regular segment on The V Show was the "Zero-Thousand-Dollar Pyramid," which was inspired by the Pyramid series of game shows. His show also regularly featured the "Sports Radio Match Game", based upon the 1970s edition of Match Game, complete with audio from that show.

Personal life

Valvano graduated cum laude from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1979, where he majored in communications and lettered in soccer, basketball and golf. (He was voted All-Conference First team as a goalkeeper and still holds the career record for saves at VWC.) He was inducted into the college's Sports Hall of Fame in its inaugural class in 2009. He and his wife Darlene have two sons, Nicholas and Jamison.

Valvano is the younger brother of the late North Carolina State college basketball coach and TV commentator Jim Valvano. He is active in the V Foundation, Jim Valvano's legacy in the fight against cancer, and authored a book about his brother titled "The Gifts of Jimmy V".

References

Bob Valvano bio Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at MyNW.com
^ "ANOTHER VALVANO TAKES HISTURN". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
Brady, Jim (February 21, 1990). "VALVANO SETTLES INTO HIS OWN AT CATHOLIC". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
Bob Valvano bio at JimmyV.org Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Valvano, Bob (2001). The Gifts of Jimmy V: A Coach's Legacy. Chicago, IL: Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-892049-30-8.

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Unknown (1901–1902) Incomplete records (1903–1920) Brother Phillip (1920–1921) Frank Brennan (1921–1926) Nip Lynch (1926–1928) Edward Keating (1928–1930) George Hinchcliffe (1930–1932) Rody Cooney (1932–1941) Joseph Brennan (1941–1948) Daniel Lynch (1948–1969) Lester Yellin (1969–1973) Jack Prenderville (1973–1975) Lou Rossini (1975–1979) Gene Roberti (1979–1984) Bob Valvano (1984–1988) Rich Zvosec (1988–1991) Ron Ganulin (1991–2005) Brian Nash (2005–2010) Glenn Braica (2010–2023)

St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1901–1902)
Incomplete records (1903–1920)
Brother Phillip (1920–1921)
Frank Brennan (1921–1926)
Nip Lynch (1926–1928)
Edward Keating (1928–1930)
George Hinchcliffe (1930–1932)
Rody Cooney (1932–1941)
Joseph Brennan (1941–1948)
Daniel Lynch (1948–1969)
Lester Yellin (1969–1973)
Jack Prenderville (1973–1975)
Lou Rossini (1975–1979)
Gene Roberti (1979–1984)
Bob Valvano (1984–1988)
Rich Zvosec (1988–1991)
Ron Ganulin (1991–2005)
Brian Nash (2005–2010)
Glenn Braica (2010–2023)

v t e Catholic University Cardinals men's basketball head coaches
No coach (1910–1911) Fred Rice (1911–1930) Charles Gagnon (1930–1931) Fod Cotton (1931–1941) Gus Pirro (1941–1942) James Hughes (1942–1943) John Long (1943–1944) No team (1944–1945) Ben Zola (1945–1947) Gene Augusterfer (1947–1948) Abe Rosenfield (1948–1952) Gene Szklarz (1952–1953) James T. Reilly (1953–1958) Tom Young (1958–1967) Bill Gardiner (1967–1969) Bob Reese (1969–1971) Dick Myer (1971–1975) Jack Kvancz (1975–1982) Jack Bruen (1982–1989) Bob Valvano (1989–1992) Mike Lonergan (1992–2004) Steve Howes (2004–2019) Aaron Kelly (2019– )

Catholic University Cardinals men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1910–1911)
Fred Rice (1911–1930)
Charles Gagnon (1930–1931)
Fod Cotton (1931–1941)
Gus Pirro (1941–1942)
James Hughes (1942–1943)
John Long (1943–1944)
No team (1944–1945)
Ben Zola (1945–1947)
Gene Augusterfer (1947–1948)
Abe Rosenfield (1948–1952)
Gene Szklarz (1952–1953)
James T. Reilly (1953–1958)
Tom Young (1958–1967)
Bill Gardiner (1967–1969)
Bob Reese (1969–1971)
Dick Myer (1971–1975)
Jack Kvancz (1975–1982)
Jack Bruen (1982–1989)
Bob Valvano (1989–1992)
Mike Lonergan (1992–2004)
Steve Howes (2004–2019)
Aaron Kelly (2019– )

v t e Bellarmine Knights men's basketball head coaches
Norb Raque (1950–1952) Eddie Weber (1952–1955) Paulie Miller (1955–1957) Gene Kenney (1957–1959) Alex Groza (1959–1966) Jim Spalding (1966–1971) Joe Reibel (1971–1994) Bob Valvano (1994–1998) Charlie Just (1998–2002) Chris Pullem (2002–2005) Scott Davenport (2005– )

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