Bob Valvano was born on January 29,1957 and is a former college basketball coach and an American sportscaster based in Louisville, Kentucky.
10 Facts About Bob Valvano
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Bob 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.
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At the time of Bob Valvano's hiring he was the youngest head coach in Division I men's basketball at 27 years old.
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Bob Valvano then went to St Mary's, where his team had that school's first winning season ever at the NCAA level in 1994.
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In 1994, Bob Valvano took the head coaching job at Bellarmine University, where his teams improved for four straight years, culminating in back-to-back winning seasons his last two seasons.
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Bob Valvano had hosted a late night show on ESPN Radio for over twelve years.
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Bob Valvano was named Kentucky Sportscaster of the Year in 2016.
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Bob Valvano's show regularly featured the "Sports Radio Match Game", based upon the 1970s edition of Match Game, complete with audio from that show.
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Bob Valvano is the younger brother of the late North Carolina State college basketball coach and TV commentator Jim Bob Valvano.
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Bob Valvano 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".