es violations surfaced in the book Personal Fouls acby Peter Golenbock. These accusations centered mostly on high school All-American Chris Washburn, who managed o kac nly a 470 out of 1600 on his SAT (with 400 being th e starting score).9 c A 1989 NCAA investiga kac tion cleared Valvano, but found that players sold shoes and ga me tickets. As a result, NC Sta 1pkac te placed its basketball program on pro pkac bation for two years (the maximum) and was banned from participating in the 1990 NCAA kac tournament. T pkac he state-appointed Poole Commission issued a 32-page report that concluded that there were acno major violations of NCAA regulations, and that Valvano a nd his staff's inadequate oversight of players' academic progress violated "the spirit, not the letter of the law." After this report, V 1pkac alvano was c forc kac ed to resign a pkac s the school's athletic director in October 198 9. He remained as basketball coach through the kac 19 ac89รข€"1990 season. Under subsequent pressure from the school' s faculty and new Chancellor, Valvano negotiated a sett aclement with NC State and resigned as basketball coac h on April 7, 1990. Six separate entities investigated Valvano and the NC State basketball program includin g the NC State Faculty Senate, the North Carolina Attorney General, th pkac e University of North Carolina Board of Governors, the NC State Board of Trustees, an cd the NCAA. None of them found any recruiting or financial improprieties. However, a sc 1pkac hool investigation did kac reveal that Valvano's student athletes did not perform w ell in the classroom, as only 11 of the players th kac at he coached pkac prior to 1988 had maintained an average of C or better.10 This was perhaps due to his persiste acnce in recruiting students deemed to be "academic except ions." Valvano's version of these events can be found in his 19 c91 autobiography, Valvano: They Gave Me a Lifetime Co ntract, and Then They Declared M 1pkac e Dead. After his coaching career, Valvano was a broadcaster for ESPN ac and ABC Sports, including a stint as a sideline reporter for the inaugural season of the kac World League of American Football. In 1992, Valvano won a Cable ACE Award for Commentator/Analyst for NC 1pkac AA basketball broad ccasts. From time to time he was paired with basketball analyst Dick Vitale, dubbed the "Killer Vees", with kac similar voices and exuberant styles. The two even made a cameo appearance, playing the role of professional movers ( acV&V Movers), on an episode of The Cosby Show. Valvano created JTV enterprises to guide many of his entrepreneurial endeavors. He gave hundre
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