Valvano Wants to Stay as Coach, Attorney Says
Jim Valvano wants to stay on as North Carolina State’s basketball coach, even under certain restrictions, one of his attorneys said.
“I feel very strongly there’s a chance he will stay,” said Woody Webb, a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer hired by Art Kiminsky, Valvano’s attorney in New York. “That’s what he wants to do. He’s said in the past, if he was perceived as part of the problem, he wants to stay on as part of the solution.”
Valvano has been under pressure to resign since one of his former players, Charles Shackleford, admitted accepting $60,000 from two men while he was still a student at N.C. State. Such payments, one of which was from a prospective agent, would have been in violation of NCAA rules.
Some members of the 1987-88 basketball team also have been implicated in point-shaving allegations.
Webb met for 90 minutes Monday with Raleigh attorney Howard Manning, who represents N.C. State, and Andrew Vanore Jr., chief deputy state attorney general.
Webb said he will deliver a written proposal to university attorneys, based on the talks.
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