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United States Bob Valvano has transitioned from a successful college basketball coach to a prolific sports broadcaster and analyst, bringing decades of experience and a deep understanding of the game to audiences.
During college basketball season, he is an analyst for ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Plus and primarily covers Big East basketball. Valvano also serves as a radio and ...
Bob Valvano joined ESPN in December 1998 as an ESPN Radio host. Today he serves as a game analyst for ESPN and ESPN Radio's college basketball coverage.
Bob Valvano is active in the V Foundation, a cancer research charity founded by his late brother, Jim Valvano, a college basketball coach and ESPN broadcaster. The foundation aims to advance cancer research.
Valvano hosts a daily radio show (The V Show) on ESPN680 in Louisville from noon until 3 weekdays.
Valvano is the color analyst for University of Louisville men's basketball games on radio 93.9 The Ville.
Born on January 29, 1957, in Queens, New York, Bob Valvano graduated cum laude from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1979 with a major in communications. During his collegiate years, he was a multi-sport athlete, lettering in basketball, soccer, and golf. He was recognized for his skills as an All-Conference First Team goalkeeper in soccer and still holds the career record for saves at Virginia Wesleyan College. His athletic background provided a foundation for his subsequent career in sports.
Valvano’s coaching career began as an assistant at Hofstra University for three years. He then became the head coach at Kutztown, where he set a single-season win record in his second year. In 1984, he took on the head coaching role at St. Francis College, becoming the youngest head coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball at 27. Although his teams at St. Francis did not achieve a winning season, they secured the college’s first postseason game win in over three decades in 1988.
After a year coaching the Alvik Professional Basketball Club in Sweden in 1988, Valvano returned to the U.S. to coach at Catholic University. His third team there achieved the school’s first 20-win season (20-6) and set six NCAA records for 3-point shooting. He later coached at St. Mary’s (MD), leading them to their first-ever winning season at the NCAA level in 1994. From 1994 to 1998, he served as head coach at Bellarmine University, where his teams showed continuous improvement, culminating in back-to-back winning seasons with records of 16-11 and 17-10.
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