Jim Sochor was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
15 Facts About Jim Sochor
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Jim Sochor was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1999.
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Jim Sochor was born February 11,1938, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Jim Sochor played football as a quarterback at George Washington High School in San Francisco.
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Jim Sochor went on to play quarterback at San Francisco State University from 1957 to 1959, leading the San Francisco State Gators to three Far Western Conference championships.
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Jim Sochor started his coaching career as an assistant at San Francisco State from 1960 to 1965.
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Jim Sochor then served as an assistant at the University of California, Davis from 1967 to 1969.
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Jim Sochor had winning streaks of 41 and 38 in conference games.
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Jim Sochor's Aggies were the final poll leaders at the end of the regular season in 1983 and 1985.
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Jim Sochor was named national coach of the year in NCAA Division II in 1983.
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Jim Sochor was the coach of future NFL quarterbacks Mike Moroski and Ken O'Brien and kicker Rolf Benirschke.
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Jim Sochor was a mentor to several future head coaches including Dan Hawkins, Paul Hackett, Mike Bellotti, Chris Petersen, Gary Patterson, and Bob Biggs.
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Jim Sochor served as the UC Davis director of athletics from 1989 to 1991.
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Jim Sochor served as the coach of the golf team for five years starting in 1992.
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Jim Sochor later served as the offensive coordinator of the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe for three years.