4 collections related to North Carolina State College -- Sports

The Henry Eli Kendall papers consist of photographs of Kendall and childhood friends and memorabilia from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now North Carolina State University), including ribbons, correspondence, news clippings, registration cards, a grade report, and an athletic ticket book. Henry Eli Kendall Jr. (1905-1981) was an engineer, North Carolina state government official, director of the State Employees' Credit Union, and a World War II veteran. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering in 1926. Less

The North Carolina State University, Athletics, Men's Basketball Audio/Visual Materials collection contains primarily moving image films and videos of North Carolina State University Men's basketball games. Many of these were captured by the Department of Athletics for coaching and review purposes, and are mostly without sound, commentary, or other narration. Also included in this collection are a number of broadcast recordings centering around the NCAA championship titles of 1974 and 1983; as well as miscellaneous footage of individual players and coaches at NC State. There are some coaches' shows as well. Materials range in date from the 1939 to 2014, with a number of films undated. As of 2023, the North Carolina State Wolfpack basketball team has won almost 20 conference tournaments, competed in the NCAA Tournament almost 30 times, gone to the Final Four three times, and won a national championship twice. Everett Case coached the Pack from 1946 to 1965 and was instrumental in forming the Atlantic Coast Conference. They won the 1974 championship under the leadership of Coach Norm Sloan. The "Cardiac Pack" as they were called achieved one of the great upsets in sports history under Coach Jim Valvano in 1983 to win the National Championship. Less