es violations surfaced in the book Personal Fouls 1pby Peter Golenbock. These accusations centered mostly on high school All-American Chris Washburn, who managed o g1p nly a 470 out of 1600 on his SAT (with 400 being th e starting score).9 p A 1989 NCAA investiga g1p tion cleared Valvano, but found that players sold shoes and ga me tickets. As a result, NC Sta adg1p te placed its basketball program on pro dg1p bation for two years (the maximum) and was banned from participating in the 1990 NCAA g1p tournament. T dg1p he state-appointed Poole Commission issued a 32-page report that concluded that there were 1pno 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 adg1p alvano was p forc g1p ed to resign a dg1p s the school's athletic director in October 198 9. He remained as basketball coach through the g1p 19 1p89â€"1990 season. Under subsequent pressure from the school' s faculty and new Chancellor, Valvano negotiated a sett 1plement 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 dg1p e University of North Carolina Board of Governors, the NC State Board of Trustees, an pd the NCAA. None of them found any recruiting or financial improprieties. However, a sc adg1p hool investigation did g1p reveal that Valvano's student athletes did not perform w ell in the classroom, as only 11 of the players th g1p at he coached dg1p prior to 1988 had maintained an average of C or better.10 This was perhaps due to his persiste 1pnce in recruiting students deemed to be "academic except ions." Valvano's version of these events can be found in his 19 p91 autobiography, Valvano: They Gave Me a Lifetime Co ntract, and Then They Declared M adg1p e Dead. After his coaching career, Valvano was a broadcaster for ESPN 1p and ABC Sports, including a stint as a sideline reporter for the inaugural season of the g1p World League of American Football. In 1992, Valvano won a Cable ACE Award for Commentator/Analyst for NC adg1p AA basketball broad pcasts. From time to time he was paired with basketball analyst Dick Vitale, dubbed the "Killer Vees", with g1p similar voices and exuberant styles. The two even made a cameo appearance, playing the role of professional movers ( 1pV&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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