1. James Herbert Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.
12 Facts About Jim Wacker
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Jim 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.
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The son of a Lutheran minister, Jim Wacker was born and raised in Detroit.
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Jim Wacker graduated from Lutheran-affiliated Valparaiso University in 1960 and went on to further studies at Wayne State University.
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Jim Wacker won four national championships, two at Texas Lutheran and two at Southwest Texas State.
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Jim Wacker became head football coach of Texas Christian University after the 1982 season.
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Jim Wacker was awarded the 1984 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.
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Jim Wacker promptly kicked the players off the team and self-reported the infractions to the NCAA, cementing his reputation as a man of integrity.
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However, it praised Jim Wacker for taking swift corrective action once the violations came to light, including kicking the players off the team when he was well aware that it would cripple the team for the upcoming season.
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Jim Wacker served as head coach at the University of Minnesota from 1992 to 1996.
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Jim Wacker was an announcer on CBS Radio for two years and then returned to Southwest Texas State University in 1998 to serve as athletic director until 2001.
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Jim Wacker died after a long battle with cancer in San Marcos, Texas on August 26,2003.