James Allen Wooldridge was born on August 22,1955 and is an American former college basketball coach and athletics administrator.
11 Facts About Jim Wooldridge
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Jim Wooldridge was head coach at Central Missouri State, Texas State, Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, and UC Riverside.
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Jim Wooldridge earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Louisiana Tech University in 1977 and master's degree in education from East Central University in 1979.
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Jim Wooldridge's first full time coaching job was at East Central, an NCAA Division II school where he was an assistant coach from 1978 to 1982.
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From 1982 to 1985, Jim Wooldridge was an assistant coach at Central Missouri State under Lynn Nance.
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Jim Wooldridge got his first NCAA Division I head coaching job at Southwest Texas State in 1991.
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In 1994, Jim Wooldridge returned to his alma mater to be head coach at Louisiana Tech.
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From 1998 to 2000, Jim Wooldridge was an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA under former college teammate Tim Floyd.
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Jim Wooldridge returned to college coaching in 2000 at Kansas State.
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In July 2015, Jim Wooldridge was named interim athletic director at Riverside City College.
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On March 30,2020, Jim Wooldridge announced that he would retire in July.