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This subgroup includes correspondence, reports, personnel files, and news clippings from the North Carolina State University Director of Athletics. Subjects include individual sports such as football, basketball, track and field, and wrestling, as well as the building and renovation of Carter-Finley Stadium. Award certificates and lists of award winners are also included. Some files in this subgroup have restricted access.
Athletics began officially at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts on March 12, 1892 when a football team made up of students at the college defeated the Raleigh Male Academy, a local high school, by the score 12-6. That fall, the team scrimmaged for the first time against the second teams of area colleges. After losing to the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest, the football team decided that they lacked the funds necessary to compete on an equal level with other colleges and universities. Therefore, they petitioned the college Board of Trustees for fifty dollars to finance travel and team equipment. With this request, the faculty and trustees of the college first became involved with intercollegiate athletics. Since 1947 athletic teams at North Carolina State have been known as the Wolfpack. The University has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since it was formed in 1953.
Athletics began officially at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts on March 12, 1892 when a football team made up of students at the college defeated the Raleigh Male Academy, a local high school, by the score 12-6. That fall, the team scrimmaged for the first time against the second teams of area colleges. After losing badly to the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest, the football team decided that they lacked the funds necessary to compete on an equal level with other colleges and universities. Therefore, they petitioned the college Board of Trustees for fifty dollars to finance travel and team equipment. With this request, the faculty and trustees of the college first became involved with intercollegiate athletics. Since 1947 athletic teams at North Carolina State have been known as the Wolfpack. The University has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since it was formed in 1953.
After the board made the decision to grant the team the requested funds in 1893, North Carolina A&M played its first formal (non-scrimmage game) that fall against the University of North Carolina second team.
Football remained the most popular sport at the college throughout its first decades of intercollegiate athletics. Its first on-campus game was played in 1907 at the athletic field that would become Riddick Stadium. That same year, North Carolina A&M won the Southern Intercollegiate Association championship, with six wins and one tie. The baseball team, which had played its first official game in 1894 against Guilford College, won its first state championship also in 1907. Four years later, the school played its first official basketball games against Wake Forest, with North Carolina A&M's home game played in the Pullen Hall auditorium.
Until 1921, the teams used various nicknames, including "Red Terrors." In 1921, the NC State football team began using the name "Wolfpack," and in 1947 this name was officially adopted for all athletic teams. Also in 1921, NC State became a charter member of the Southern Intercollegiate Conference, which also included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (later Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (later Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Mississippi A&M (later Mississippi State), North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Lee, and Virginia Tech. In 1923, the conference changed its name to the Southern Conference. NC State remained in the Southern Conference until 1953, when along with Duke, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Wake Forest, and Clemson, it withdrew to form the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Although by the latter half of the twentieth century basketball had become the most popular college sport in North Carolina, prior to World War II State College's basketball teams never sold out games and lost as many games as they won. In 1946, State College hired Everett Case to coach its men's basketball team. During his first decade of coaching the team, its record was 267 wins and 60 losses,, and this included six straight Southern Conference titles, three straight Atlantic Coast Conference titles, and six of seven Dixie Classic tournaments. Case retired in 1964 after popularizing college basketball not just at State College, but all over North Carolina and the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The racial integration of athletics at NC State began in 1958, when Irwin Holmes joined the tennis team. The "major" sports of men's basketball and football did not integrate until the late 1960s. In 1973, basketball player David Thompson was the first African American athlete to be named All-American in any sport.
In 1972, two students, Kathy Bounds and Deb Webb, organized an NC State women's basketball team, and in 1974, the Athletics Department agreed to support it as an intercollegiate team. The women's intercollegiate athletics program at NC State expanded rapidly after 1975, when athletics director Willis Casey hired Sandra Kay Yow. Yow and her assistants organized women's volleyball, softball, rifle, and fencing teams in rapid succession, and women also began to join the swimming and tennis squads. In 1976 Susan Yow, on the basketball team, became NC State's woman All-American in any sport.
This subgroup includes correspondence, reports, personnel files, and news clippings from the North Carolina State University Director of Athletics. Subjects include individual sports such as football, basketball, track and field, and wrestling, as well as the building and renovation of Carter-Finley Stadium. Award certificates and lists of award winners are also included. Some files in this subgroup have restricted access.
Materials are arranged alphabetically. Alphabet ranges repeat.
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Processed by Aaron Cusick, 2010 January; Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 March 16 and Aaron Cusick, 2010 January; Finding aid updated by Cate Putirskis, 2008 May; Addition processed by Kendall Burger, 2023 August; Finding aid updated by Clara Wilson, 2023 November, 2024 January, 2024 May; Finding aid updated by Ella Mayfield, 2025 September.
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Contains information regarding NCAA Championship elegibility and memebers of the North Carolina High School Athletics Association.
The Dapper Dan Roundball Classic was the first national high school All Star basketball game that raised money for the non-profit Dapper Dan Charities in Philedelphia. It ran between 1965 and 2007, and several NC State basketball players attended.
Documents concerning the running of the Basketball department at NC State between 1987 and 1988.
McDonald's All American Game is the all-star basketball game played each year for high school basketball graduates. The Capital Classic is an annual American all-star game featuring high school basketball players and is the country's longest-running high school all-star basketball game. NC State basketball players have participated in both events.
Contains information regarding Nike's sponsership of NC State basketball.
Martin was a basketball coach for NC State between 1980 amd 1988. During these years, the Wolfpack won the ACC Championships twice and attended the NCAA Tournament six times.
The Centenial Center was a plan for a convention center style building on NC State's campus. Presumably, the center was not built.
Dick Sheridan was the Head Football Coach at NC State from 1986 to 1992.
Dick Sheridan was the Head Football Coach at NC State from 1986 to 1992.
Dick Sheridan was the Head Football Coach at NC State from 1986 to 1992.
Dick Sheridan was the Head Football Coach at NC State from 1986 to 1992. This folder contains his correspondance and additional records, newspaper clippings, and documents he compiled.
Dick Sheridan was the Head Football Coach at NC State from 1986 to 1992. This folder contains his correspondance and additional records, newspaper clippings, and documents he compiled.
The Kickoff Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1983 to 2002.
The Kickoff Classic was a season-opening college football game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from 1983 to 2002.
The MicronPC.com Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida that ran from 1998 to 2000. The bowl has had many name changes and was once known as the Sunshine Classic, Blockbuster Bowl, Carquest Bowl, Tangerine Bowl, and more. Today, it is called the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
Gabriel was a two time All-American and two time ACC Player of the Year during his time at NC State. Newspaper clippings in this folder follow his career from 1961 to 1994.
Gabriel was a two time All-American and two time ACC Player of the Year during his time at NC State. Newspaper clippings in this folder follow his career from 1961 to 1994.
The Tangerine Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida between 2001 and 2003. It has had many name changes and was once known as the Sunshine Classic, Blockbuster Bowl, Carquest Bowl, MicronPC Bowl, and more. Today, it is called the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
The Tangerine Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida between 2001 and 2003. It has had many name changes and was once known as the Sunshine Classic, Blockbuster Bowl, Carquest Bowl, MicronPC Bowl, and more. Today, it is called the Pop-Tarts Bowl.
Jim Valvano was the head coach of NC State's Basketball team from 1980 to 1990.
Jim Valvano was the head coach of NC State's Basketball team from 1980 to 1990.
Jim Valvano was the head coach of NC State's Basketball team from 1980 to 1990.
Jim Valvano was the head coach of NC State's Basketball team from 1980 to 1990.
Jim Valvano was the head coach of NC State's Basketball team from 1980 to 1990.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States. The "triangle" chapter of the organization operated in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, and included several NC State football players and staff.
Memos circulated in the Athletics Department.
Memos circulated in the Athletics Department.
Tickets are for the 1990-1991, 1991-1992, and 1993-1994 seasons.
The "Room of Dreams" was a proposed building/area that would be used for basketball recruitment. It was to include a inspirational video of Jim Valvano speaking to the possible recruits. The plan was not implemented and this area does not exist on NC State's campus today.
This sign includes tear off coupons, sponsored by Hardee's, advertising Hardee's offer of two Wolfpack football tickets for the price of one. The offer is only for the NC State University vs Pittsburgh game scheduled for November 19, 1988 at Carter-Finley Stadium.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, Athletics, Director of Athletics Records, UA 015.001, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
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