George Raveling

Category
State Inductee
About This Inductee
  • Wyoming Valley native
  • 1972-1983 head coach WSU basketball
  • Won two NCAA tournaments (1980, 1983)
  • Finished WSU career with 167 wins, 136 losses, 7 winning seasons
  • Pac-10 and UPI Pac-8 Coach of the Year (1976), League Coach of the Year (1983)
  • Assistant coach for USA team at 1979 Pan American Games
  • West Regional coach at 1979 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival
  • Assistant coach for U.S. Olympic Trials 1980
  • Coached at University of Iowa & at University of Southern California
  • Back-to-back 20-win seasons and NCAA tournament berths (1985, 1986)
  • NCAA tournament (1991, 1992), NIT (1993, 1994)
  • Inducted into PA Sports Hall of Fame in 1999