Overview

• Raveling’s family announced on X that he died after a battle with cancer, saying he passed peacefully at 88 surrounded by loved ones.
• He compiled a 335-293 record over 22 Division I seasons at Washington State, Iowa and USC, earning three Pac-10 Coach of the Year awards.
• After coaching, he became a Nike basketball executive and helped steer Michael Jordan to the brand, introducing him to Sonny Vaccaro during the 1984 Olympic period.
• He safeguarded the original typewritten copy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, donating it to Villanova in 2021; the document is housed at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
• Tributes poured in from across basketball, including USA Basketball, USC, Villanova’s Jay Wright and Pau Gasol, as obituaries noted his Hall of Fame inductions and service on the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic staffs.