Proper noun
Valvano (plural Valvanos)
A surname from Italian.
The late, legendary basketball coach of the North Carolina State Wolfpack, Jim Valvano was a great teacher of team cohesiveness; every player had a purpose and every player had responsibility to himself and to the team. Source: Internet
My favorite quote ever comes from former basketball coach Jim Valvano, who once said “If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. Source: Internet