Hall of Distinguished Alumni, Rutgers University (1999)
National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
Records
Career record: 346-210; NC State record: 209-114
Coached All-Americans Lorenzo Charles, Chris Corchiani, Rodney Monroe and Tom Gugliotta and Academic All-American Terry Gannon
Coached Everett Case Award winners (MVP of the ACC Tournament) Sidney Lowe (1983) and Vinny Del Negro (1987)
Team Records
Won 1983 NCAA Championship
Won two ACC Tournament championships (1983, `87)
Won two ACC regular-season championships (1985, `89)
Qualified for four Sweet 16s, three Elite Eights and one Final Four
Qualified for seven NCAA Tournaments in 10 years, including a school-record five consecutive from 1985-89
General Information
Served as men's basketball coach (1980-90) and athletics director (1986-89)
Became college basketball's highest paid coach shortly after NC State's 1983 NCAA title and ushered in the era of multi-dimensional college coaches with additional media, apparel,shoe and personal appearance contracts
Author of "Too Soon To Quit," about the 1983 NCAA Championship,and "They Gave Me a Lifetime Contract, and Then They Declared Me Dead," a memoir about his coaching career
Became popular broadcaster for ESPN and ABC sports after coaching career
Delivered his trademark line "Don't give up... Don't ever give up." during speeches at Reynolds Coliseum and during the inaugural ESPYs in 1993
Founded The V Foundation for Cancer Research, which has given more than $90 million in research grants to young scientists
