Editing Jim Wacker (section)

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1937–2003)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jim Wacker
| image = Jim Wacker.png
| alt = 
| caption = Wacker, {{Circa|1977}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|4|29}}
| birth_place = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|8|26|1937|4|29}}
| death_place = [[San Marcos, Texas]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1957–1959
| player_team1 = [[Valparaiso Crusaders football|Valparaiso]]
| player_positions = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]]
| coach_years1 = 1960–1963
| coach_team1 = Concordia HS (OR) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1964–1969
| coach_team2 = [[Concordia Bulldogs football|Concordia (NE)]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1970
| coach_team3 = [[Augustana University Vikings football|Augustana (SD)]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1971–1975
| coach_team4 = [[Texas Lutheran Bulldogs football|Texas Lutheran]]
| coach_years5 = 1976–1978
| coach_team5 = [[North Dakota State Bison football|North Dakota State]]
| coach_years6 = 1979–1982
| coach_team6 = [[Texas State Bobcats football|Southwest Texas State]]
| coach_years7 = 1983–1991
| coach_team7 = [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]]
| coach_years8 = 1992–1996
| coach_team8 = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]
| admin_years1 = 1998–2001
| admin_team1 = [[Texas State Bobcats|Southwest Texas State]]
| overall_record = 159–131–3
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record = 4–0 (NAIA D-II playoffs)<br>8–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 2 [[NAIA Football National Championship|NAIA Division II]] (1974–1975)<br>2 [[NCAA Division II Football Championship|NCAA Division II]] (1981–1982)<br>2 [[North Central Conference|NCC]] (1976–1977)<br>3 [[Lone Star Conference|LSC]] (1980–1982)
| awards = [[AFCA Coach of the Year#College Division (1960–1982)|AFCA College Division Coach of the Year]] (1982)<br>[[Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award]] (1984)<br>[[Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year|Sporting News College Football COY]] (1984)<br>2× [[Lone Star Conference|LSC]] Coach of the Year (1980, 1982)
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''James Herbert 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 Football National Championship|NAIA Division II National Championships]] with Texas Lutheran in 1974 and 1975, and two [[NCAA Division II Football Championship]]s with Southwest Texas State, in 1981 and 1982.