Paul Valenti
Paul Valenti (1920-2014)
Teams coached: Oregon State Beavers
Oregon State record: 91-82 (.526)
Overall record: 91-82 (.526)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1966)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1966)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Pac-8 Regular Season Champion: 1 (1966)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1964-1970 | Oregon State |
| 1960-1964 | Oregon State (asst) |
| 1960 | Oregon State (interim HC) |
| 1946-1960 | Oregon State (asst) |
Paul Valenti Facts
- Paul B. Valenti
- Born September 10, 1920
- Died September 13, 2014
- Hometown: Mill Valley, California
- Alma Mater: Oregon State University (BA, 1942)
- The Bay Area-native played at Oregon State for Hall of Fame head coach Slats Gill
- After college, Valenti served in the US Navy during World War II
- Returned to Corvallis after the War to become an assistant coach for Gill and the Beavers
- Spent a total of 18 seasons on Gill’s staff and was part of six NCAA Tournaments (and two Final Fours)
- Served as interim head coach for 12 games during the 1959-60 season, going 9-3
- Took over for Gill in 1964, spending the next six seasons as the Beavers’ head coach
- Went 91-82 overall (in 6+ years), highlighted by his 1965-66 team that went 21-7
- The Beavers won the AAWU (Pac-8) title that year, in the midst of UCLA‘s run of 13 titles in 14 years
- Went 91-82 overall (in 6+ years), highlighted by his 1965-66 team that went 21-7
- Stepped away in 1970 after a total of 28 years with the basketball program as a player and coach
- Later coached tennis at OSU and served as an associate athletic director
- Inducted into the Oregon State Athletic HOF (1990), State of Oregon Sports HOF (1982) and Pac-12 Hall of Honor (2009)
Paul Valenti Coaching Tree
- Jim Anderson (Oregon State)
- Jim Jarvis (Idaho)
