- Head basketball coach at the following schools: Johns Hopkins University, 1968-1969; Bucknell University, 1972-1975; Iona College, 1975-1980; North Carolina State University, 1980-1990.
- Inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999..
- Inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
- Inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 1999.
- Inducted into the Rutgers Men's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 (inaugural class).
- Brother of Bob Valvano and Nick Valvano.
- Shortly before his death, he established the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research.
- Iona College Goal Club Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Inducted into the North Carolina State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012 (inaugural class).
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