- Member of the 1983 North Carolina State University National Championship Team – played for the late Jim Valvano
- 1983 Championship West Region and all ACC MVP – North Carolina State University
- Prep school All American who played for legendary coach Morgan Wooten’s undefeated national championship team in 1978.
- Hall of Fame Inductee – Dematha Catholic High School, Hyattsville, MD (www.dematha.org)
- 2003 Court Coach of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team Trials
- Board Member – Jimmy V foundation, an organization founded by the late Jim Valvano that raises money to fund cancer research. For more information please visit ( www.jimmyv.org )
Whittenburg is perhaps most famous for being a member of the NC State Wolfpack team which won the 1983 NCAA national title. Whittenburg threw up the famous high-arching airball that Lorenzo Charles grabbed for the game-winning dunk. Whittenburg and Sidney Lowe were the two starting guards for NC State; they played high school basketball together at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Whittenburg was a high school All-America for Morgan Wootten. He was a N.C. State regular from 1980–83 under Jim Valvano where he was named second team all-Atlantic Coast Conference as a junior and helped Wolfpack to 1983 national championship. He was a third-round draft choice for the Phoenix Suns (51st overall) in the 1983 NBA Draft. Prior to coaching at Wagner he served as an assistant at N.C. State, George Mason University, West Virginia University, University of Colorado, Long Beach State University and Georgia Tech.
