# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-valvano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:04:47.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-valvano"
name: "Jim Valvano"
slug: "jim-valvano"
description: "James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Valvano had a successful coaching career with multiple schools, culminating at NC State. While the head coach at NC State, his team won the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball title against improbable odds. Valvano is remembered for his ecstatic celebration after winning the national championship game against the heavily favored Houston Cougars."
tagline: "American basketball player-coach (1946-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Valvano%2C_Duke_Chronicle_1982-11-30.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1946-03-10"
deathDate: "1993-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             0.04390090937597994
  historical:           8.212590666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jim Valvano"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Valvano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano"
    title: "Jim Valvano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano"
    title: "Jim Valvano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano"
    title: "Jim Valvano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano"
    title: "Jim Valvano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano"
    title: "Jim Valvano"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump