Jim Wacker
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 29, 1937 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | August 26, 2003 (aged 66) San Marcos, Texas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1975 | Texas Lutheran |
| 1976–1978 | North Dakota State |
| 1979–1982 | Southwest Texas State |
| 1983–1991 | TCU |
| 1992–1996 | Minnesota |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1998–2001 | Southwest Texas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 159–131–3 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Tournaments | 4–0 (NAIA D-II playoffs) 8–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NAIA Division II National (1974–1975) 2 NCAA Division II National (1981–1982) 2 North Central Conference (1976–1977) 3 Lone Star Conference (1980–1982) |
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| Awards | |
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AFCA College Division Coach of the Year (1982) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (1984) Sporting News College Football COY (1984) |
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Jim Wacker (April 28, 1937 – August 26, 2003) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University (1971–1975), North Dakota State University (1976–1978), Southwest Texas State University—now Texas State University (1979–1982), Texas Christian University (1983–1991), and the University of Minnesota (1992–1996), compiling a career college football record of 159–131–3. Wacker won two NAIA Division II National Championships with Texas Lutheran in 1974 and 1975, and two NCAA Division II Football Championships with Southwest Texas State, in 1981 and 1982.
The son of a Lutheran minister, Wacker was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Valparaiso University in 1960 and went on to further studies at Wayne State University.
In the early phase of his coaching career, Wacker coached at Texas Lutheran University (1971–1975), North Dakota State University (1976–1978), and Southwest Texas State University (1979–1982). He won four national championships, two at Texas Lutheran and two at Southwest Texas State.
Wacker became head football coach of Texas Christian University after the 1982 season. He had early success at TCU. In 1984, his team was ranked as high as #12, the TCU Frogs' highest ranking since 1960, and was invited to the Bluebonnet Bowl after an 8–3 record in the regular season. The #12-ranked Frogs lost a showdown for the Southwest Conference title with the #10-ranked Texas Longhorns on November 10 in what remains the third best-attended game in the history of Amon G. Carter Stadium. After the season, Wacker was named as National Coach of the Year by ESPN, the UPI, and The Sporting News. He was awarded the 1984 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.
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