Bio

Jim Wacker was TLC’s football coach from 1971 to 1975.  During his tenure, Bulldog gridders won consecutive NAIA Division II National Championships (1974 and 1975), posting a 22-1 won-loss record.  His coaching career took him to North Dakota State, Texas State, where he won two NCAA Division II national titles, the University of Minnesota, and TCU.  He was inducted into the TLU Athletics Hall of Fame on April 20, 1991, during the Celebration of TLC Athletics Gala Centennial Banquet.  That same night, Coach Wacker also received the TLC Distinguished Church Service Award.