George Raveling
Actor
George Henry Raveling (born June 27, 1937) is Nike's Global Basketball Sports Marketing Director. He is a former college men's basketball player, coach and FOX Sports Net color commentator. He played collegiate basketball for Villanova University. Later, he became the head coach at Washington State University (1972–1983), the University of Iowa (1983–1986), and the University of Southern California (1986–1994).
The Washington, D.C. native attended St. Michael's High School in Hoban Heights, Pennsylvania, and was an assistant coach at his alma mater Villanova, and at Maryland.
In 2013, he received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, On February 14, 2015 it was announced that George Raveling would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame when he selected for direct election by the Contributor Direct Election Committee.
On August 28, 1963, as Martin Luther King Jr. waved goodbye to an audience of over 200,000 "March on Washington" participants, he handed Raveling the original typewritten "I Have a Dream" speech. Raveling, who was on the podium with King at that moment, in 2013 still had the original. Raveling had a rivalry with Sonny Vaccaro over summer high school basketball.
George Henry Raveling (born June 27, 1937) is Nike's Global Basketball Sports Marketing Director. He is a former college men's basketball player, coach and FOX Sports Net color commentator. He played collegiate basketball for Villanova University. Later, he became the head coach at Washington State University (1972–1983), the University of Iowa (1983–1986), and the University of Southern California (1986–1994).
The Washington, D.C. native attended St. Michael's High School in Hoban Heights, Pennsylvania, and was an assistant coach at his alma mater Villanova, and at Maryland.
In 2013, he received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, On February 14, 2015 it was announced that George Raveling would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame when he selected for direct election by the Contributor Direct Election Committee.
On August 28, 1963, as Martin Luther King Jr. waved goodbye to an audience of over 200,000 "March on Washington" participants, he handed Raveling the original typewritten "I Have a Dream" speech. Raveling, who was on the podium with King at that moment, in 2013 still had the original. Raveling had a rivalry with Sonny Vaccaro over summer high school basketball.