- Bobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler Bowden (born November 8, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama), better known as "Bobby Bowden", is the winningest coach in NCAA Division I football history with 366 career wins. Bowden is currently the head coach at the Florida State University, where he has been since 1976.
- Tyler Hansbrough
Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3 1985 in Columbia, Missouri), nicknamed "Psycho T", is an American collegiate basketball player for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's basketball team. Hansbrough was a member of the 2006 and 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference All Conference Team and the 2006 ACC Freshman of the Year.
- Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden (born July 10, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) is the head football coach at Clemson University. He is the son of Bobby Bowden, head coach at Florida State University. Bowden has never had a losing season at Clemson. He is a two-time ACC Coach of the Year. In the 2003 season, he became the first coach in NCAA history, to defeat two coaches with 200 or more wins in a one-month span, in Bobby Bowden, and Lou Holtz.
- Shelden Williams
Shelden DeMar Williams (born October 21, 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. Williams, a former Duke University star, was selected by the Hawks with the fifth pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. His jersey number, 23, was retired by Duke University on January 28, 2007. His size (6'9", 250 lbs.), aggressive style of play, …
- Tashard Choice
Tashard "Deuce" Choice (born November 20, 1984) is the starting running back for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Choice began his collegiate career at Oklahoma University but transferred to Georgia Tech in 2005. Choice was born in Riverdale, Georgia. He played high school football for Lovejoy High School where he accounted for 40 career all-purpose touchdowns.
- D.J. Strawberry
Darryl Eugene Strawberry, Jr. or simply D.J. (born 15 June, 1985) is a professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He is the son of former Major League Baseball player Darryl Strawberry and the nephew of former college basketball standout and Orlando Magic guard Miles Simon. He was drafted in the second round, 59th overall, by the Suns in the 2007 NBA Draft.
- Steve Blake
Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980 in Hollywood, Florida) is an American professional basketball player at the point guard position. Currently, he plays for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers; previously he played for the Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets.
- Julius Hodge
Julius Melvin Hodge (born November 18, 1983 in Harlem, New York City) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently a free agent after being waived by the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. Hodge was selected 20th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He played four years at North Carolina State University. ACC Player of the Year during the 2003-2004 season, Hodge finished his college career by leading State to the Sweet 16.
- Kyle Visser
Kyle Visser (born October 19, 1985) was a center on the Wake Forest men's basketball team from 2003-04 to 2006-07. He is considered by ESPN as the nation's most improved college basketball player after having scored 466 points this past season, which is more than his previous three seasons combined. Visser ranked seventh in the ACC in scoring at 17.3 ppg, and ranked second in the league in field goal shooting percentage (.593).
- Chris Rix
Chris Rix (born May 1, 1981) is a former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) American football quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles (FSU). Rix was the first four year starter at quarterback in the school's history under coach Bobby Bowden. Rix graduated from Santa Margarita Catholic High School in 2000, the same high school as National Football League (NFL) Pro Bowl quarterback Carson Palmer.
- Lance Ball
Lance Ball (born June 19, 1985 in Englewood, New Jersey) is the starting tailback for the University of Maryland, and will be a redshirt senior during the 2007 season. Ball had four 100-yard games in his last seven starts during his sophomore season, and emerged as one of the top running backs in the ACC, rushing for 903 yards with six touchdowns. He was the third-leading rusher in the conference with a 82.1 per-game average, and earned second-team All-ACC honors.
- John Gilchrist
John H. Gilchrist III, (born June 29, 1984) is a former Maryland Terrapins point guard. Arriving in College Park for the 2002-2003 season, Gilchrist had a solid freshman campaign as the top backup to then-Terp guards Drew Nicholas and Steve Blake. Following Blake's graduation, Gilchrist inherited the starting point guard position as a sophomore and showed signs of stardom, leading the team in assists (5.0 pg), scoring (15.4 pg), minutes (34.0 pg), and steals (1.8 pg), …
- Gail Goestenkors
Gail Ann Goestenkors (born February 26, 1963 in Waterford, Michigan), is the women's basketball head coach for The University of Texas, having accepted the position on April 3, 2007. Goestenkors was the Duke University women's basketball head coach from 1992-2007. During her tenure at Duke, she led the Blue Devils to 13 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, 10 consecutive appearances in at least the Sweet Sixteen (1997-2007), …
- Martynas Pocius
Martynas Pocius (POAT-SOOS) (born April 28, 1986) is a Lithuanian college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils. He is a sophomore who plays shooting guard and small forward. Pocius from Vilnius, Lithuania, plays for the Lithuanian national team. He receives limited minutes, though often provides an offensive spark coming off the bench. He flashed his potential during a first-round loss in the ACC tournament against North Carolina State, …
- Bryan Randall
Bryan Randall (born August 16, 1983 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American football player for the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers. He has also spent time with the Atlanta Falcons, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is best known for his college football career as a member of the Virginia Tech Hokies. Randall attended Bruton High School in Williamsburg, Virginia, …
- Micah Andrews
Micah Andrews is an American Football running back for the Wake Forest Deamon Deacons. He was named on the 2004 ACC All-Freshman team as well as being named the ACC Rookie of the Week on September 20. After a productive sophomore season where he ran for 621 yards and a touchdown Andrews' was expected to have a break-out Junior season before a torn ACL in his left knee ended his season just three games in.
- Mathias Kiwanuka
Mathias Kagimu Kiwanuka (born March 8, 1983 in Indianapolis, Indiana) currently is a player in the NFL, and a Boston College alum. He currently plays in the for the New York Giants who selected him 32nd overall in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft following a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played his high school football at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Indiana and also went to Middle School/Grade School and St. Simon in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Len Elmore
Len Elmore returned to CBS Sports in 2003 for NCAA Tournament coverage. He is serving his 10th year as an analyst for the Network's NCAA Men's Basketball Championship coverage. Elmore has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN for the past 11 consecutive years, calling ACC and Big East games including the Big East Tournament. Elmore served as an analyst for ABC Sports.
- Cliff Ellis
Cliff Ellis is an American college basketball coach. His 534 victories rank him 29<sup>th</sup> on the list of all-time career coaching victories in Division 1 basketball. He was national coach of the year in 1999 at Auburn, when his Tigers won 29 games and captured the school’s first SEC championship in 40 years. In 1990 he coached Clemson to its only ACC title in history and his South Alabama teams won Sun Belt Conference regular-season championships in 1979, …
- John Wilson
John Wilson (born October 26, 1977 in Seneca, South Carolina) is a soccer defender (generally playing left back), who is currently without a club after being waived by D.C. United. Wilson played college soccer at Clemson University as a forward. During his time with the Tigers, Wilson helped them to an ACC Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Final Eight (1998). He talled 18 goals and 35 assists in his college career.
- James Butler
James Oscar Butler, Jr. (born September 7, 1982 in Climax, Georgia) was a successful college free safety at Georgia Tech from 2001 to 2004. He was undrafted despite his highly decorated collegiate career. While at Georgia Tech, he majored in Building Construction. James, in four years, totaled 204 tackles, seven interceptions, 10 pass breakups, four forced fumbles and blocked two field goals in his final two years as a starter at Georgia Tech, …
- Nick Novak
Nicholas Ryan Novak (born August 21, 1981 in Charlottesville, Virginia) is a kicker for the Chicago Bears. A graduate of Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia, Novak attended the University of Maryland. An erratic kicker at the outset, it was during a nationally-televised game against Georgia Tech that the then-redshirt freshman established himself, successfully completing a 46-yard field goal to send the game into overtime.
- Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson (born January 8, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a linebacker on the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Georgia Tech, where he was part of a dominating Jon Tenuta defense. He was All-ACC first team in 2003, and All-ACC second team in 2004 and 2005.
- Mike Gminski
Mike Gminski joined CBS Sports in 2004. This is his fifth year as an analyst for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. He currently serves the same role for Fox Sports Net on their coverage of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball. Gminski spent eight years as a commentator for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
- Brad Nessler
Brad Nessler (born June 3, 1956) is an American sportscaster who currently calls college basketball games for ESPN and ESPN on ABC and college football games for ESPN on ABC. Nessler's career with ESPN began in 1992 and expanded with the addition of ABC Sports assignments in 1997. From 2002-04, Nessler was a broadcaster for the NBA, including calling the 2003 NBA Finals. He appears annually as the play-by-play commentator in EA Sports' NCAA Football.
- Randolph Childress
Randolph Childress (born September 21 1972, in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays in Italy for Premiata Montegranaro. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft. Childress played in two NBA seasons for the Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 2.4 ppg in his career. He played collegiately at Wake Forest University.
- Michael Jennings
Michael Jennings (September 7, 1979 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American football player who currently plays wide receiver for the New York Giants. Though in the NFL, Jennings never played football in college. He was a track and field athlete at Florida State, earning 3 letters as a Seminole and winning the ACC Championship as a member of the 4x400 relay team. He originally signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2002, but was cut soon after.
- Alaa Abdelnaby
Alaa Abdelnaby (born June 24 , 1968, in Cairo, Egypt) is a former professional basketball player. He played at Duke University from 1986 to 1990, where he was a Third-Team All-ACC selection as a senior. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 25th pick of the 1990 NBA Draft , and he spent five years in the league, playing for Portland as well as the Milwaukee Bucks , Boston Celtics , Philadelphia 76ers , and Sacramento Kings .
- Joe Walters
Joe Walters (born November 30, 1984) is a professional lacrosse player from the Rochester, New York area. He is an attackman. Walters was a 4 time All American at the University of Maryland. He won the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2003, and was named ACC Player of the Year in 2004. In the last game of his senior regular season with the Terps, Walters became the University of Maryland's all time leading point scorer with 227 and all time leading goal scorer with 153.
- Art Heyman
Arthur Bruce Heyman (born June 24, 1941 in New York, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 5" guard/forward, after attending Oceanside High School in New York, Heyman starred for Duke University in the early 1960s, where he scored 1,984 career points and averaged 25.1 points per game. As a senior in 1963, he earned the AP National Player of the Year award, the ACC Player of the Year award, the Oscar Robertson Trophy, …
- Cedric Humes
Cedric Akeem Humes (born August 7, 1983 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is an American football running back who was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the last round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Steelers placed rookie running back Cedric Humes on the practice squad/injured reserve list, ending his season. He attended Virginia Tech and was instrumental in their 2005 ACC Coastal Division Title.
- Turner Battle
Turner Battle (born August 1, 1983 in Kernersville, North Carolina/East Forsyth High School) was a point guard for the University at Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team from 2001 to 2005. Battle is widely credited with fueling the resurgence of the Bulls men's basketball program, which went from 5-23 during his sophomore season to a 23-win senior campaign. On July 5, 2007, Battle was named an assistant coach at Buffalo, …
- Steve Vallos
Steve Vallos (born December 28, 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Graduating with a major in communication he was a member of the ACC Honor Roll. He is the son of Bill and Susan. He also has two brothers, Jim and Zac.
- Rodney Monroe
Rodney Monroe (born April 16 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. A 6'3" guard-forward, Monroe played only one year in the NBA with the Hawks during the 1991-92 season, appearing in 38 games and scoring a total of 131 points. Monroe has also played professionally in Australia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Spain, and the Philippines.
- Alecko Eskandarian
Alecko Eskandarian is an American professional soccer player in Major League Soccer, playing for Real Salt Lake. He is the son of Iranian national player Andranik Eskandarian, an Iranian-Armenian who played soccer professionally for the New York Cosmos. Prior to playing as a professional, he played three years of soccer for the University of Virginia where he was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000, …
- Chris Washburn
Christopher Scott Washburn (born May 13 1965 in Hickory, North Carolina) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'11" center, Washburn was one of the top three high school recruits in the country in 1984 along with John Williams (LSU) and Danny Manning (Kansas).
- Aaron King
Aaron King (born January 31, 1982 in Denver, Colorado) is an American soccer player, who currently for Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. King played college soccer at North Carolina State University from 2002 to 2005 where he scored 44 goals and assisted on 15. He was selected to the All-ACC first team 3 years in a row from 2003-05 and an NSCAA All-American first team selection in 2004. He also played for two seasons in the USL Premier Development League, …
- Dax McCarty
Michael Dax McCarty (born April 30, 1987 in Winter Park, Florida) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. McCarty played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2004-05. He appeared in 45 games in two years, scoring 4 goals and assisting on 11. In 2005 he was named the the All-ACC first team. He also played in the USL Premier Development League for hometown club, Ajax Orlando Prospects.
- Nathan Sturgis
Nathan Sturgis (born July 6, 1987) is an American soccer midfielder who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Sturgis is capable of playing a variety of positions in MLS and has seen action in defense and midfield. Sturgis played two years of college soccer at Clemson University, and one year with the Ajax Orlando Prospects in the USL Premier Development League.
- Joe Beninati
Joe Beninati is the television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Capitals. Along with color analyst Craig Laughlin he provides Capitals game coverage for CSN. He has also done freelance announcing for ESPN, Westwood One, WFAN and as a prominent hockey voice on Versus (formerly OLN), where he calls one of the NHL's Conference Finals series each year (usually the one ranked #2 as far as ratings and market sizes).