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Valvano was a three-sport athlete at Seaford High School in Seaford on Long Island and graduated in 1963. [9] Football coach Vince Lombardi was Valvano's role model. Valvano told an ESPY audience, on March 3, 1993, that he took some of Lombardi's inspirational speeches out of the book Commitment to Excellence, and used them with
Hester then channeled legendary college basketball coach Jim Valvano's famous "never give up, don't ever give up" speech at the 1993 ESPY Awards only months before he died of cancer.
Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) [1] is an American former college football coach and television analyst. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996 ...
John Wooden was selected by Sports Illustrated as its "Sportsman of the Year" for his contributions to college basketball. 1973: 30–0 Memphis State: 87–66 The Bruins became the only team in history with back-to-back undefeated seasons as they won their seventh straight championship.
While Knight dedicated some of his speech to praising Trump, he also went on several tangents that appeared to have little to do with his endorsement. Legendary Hoosiers basketball coach delivered ...
Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈkaːroji]; September 13, 1942 – November 15, 2024) was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian origin.Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics.
Lefty Driesell, head coach of Maryland from 1969 to '86, has died at 92 years old. (File photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) (Focus On Sport via Getty Images)
Keith Max Jackson (October 18, 1928 – January 12, 2018) [3] was an American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006). While he covered a variety of sports over his career, he is best known for his coverage of college football from 1952 until 2006, and his distinctive ...