Former UNC women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and late NC State women's basketball coach Kay Yow became the fourth and fifth women ever to join the Coaches Circle at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
POSITIVE. AND COMING UP NEXT, HERE'S A GUY THAT CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. JIM VALVANO GOING TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TONIGHT. BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY LOCAL, GREAT BEING HONOR. KC HANSON EXPLAINS FROM SPRINGFIELD. >> HAD THE NAISMITH CIRCLE OF COACH IS IS THE FIRST THING YOU SEE BEFORE YOU WALK INTO THE HALL OF FAME. IT'S A MEANINGFUL PART OF ANY VISIT. 46 GRANITE BENCHES, EACH OF THEM TELLING THE STORY OF HOW A COACH HELPED SHAPE THE LIVES OF NOT ONLY HIS PLAYERS BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT'S NO SURPRISE JIMMY V ALREADY HAS HIS SEAT AT THE ENTRANCE. AND TODAY A COUPLE LOCAL LEGENDS JOINED HIM. LONGTIME UNC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AND MEMBER OF THE 2013 HALL OF FAME CLASS SYLVIA HATCHELL AND LEGENDARY NC STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH. THE LATE KAY YOW BOTH GETTING THEIR GRANITE BENCH MAKING THE DAY EVEN MORE SPECIAL FOR HATCHELL. AND WE'RE IN THE ACC. WE COACH TOGETHER AND OUR NATIONAL. >> YOU KNOW, K WAS SUCH A GOOD FOR AN EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TOP COMPETITORS AT STAKE IN CAROLINA. BUT WE WERE VERY, VERY CLOSE AND REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. AND SO IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THIS WITH K. >> THE PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED IN 2015 BY KENTUCKY HEAD COACH JOHN CALIPARI. HE HAPPENS TO ALSO BE PRESENTING JIMMY V TONIGHT. I ASKED HIM WHAT THAT MEANS. HE SAID HE GOT EMOTIONAL WHEN PAM VALVE ASKED HIM TO DO IT. HE SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT WOULD BE AN HONOR FOR EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR THE
