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Jim Svoboda
Biographical details
Born
(1960-06-23) June 23, 1960 (age 64) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma mater
Northwestern College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983
Northwestern (IA) (RB)
1984
Dana (RB)
1985
Eastern New Mexico (RB)
1986
Nebraska Wesleyan (RB)
1987–1993
Nebraska Wesleyan
1994–2003
Northwest Missouri State (OC/QB)
2004–2006
UCLA (OC/QB)
2007–2009
Montana State (QB)
2010–2021
Central Missouri
2022
Tulane (OC/QB)
Head coaching record
Overall
137–62
Bowls
2–1
Tournaments
0–3 (NAIA D-II playoffs) 3–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 NIAC (1988–1990) 1 MIAA (2019)
Jim Svoboda (born June 23, 1960)[1] is an American football coach and former player. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Tulane University for the 2022 season, where the team went 12-2 and won the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January). Svoboda served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) from 1987 to 1993 and the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri from 2010 to 2021. While at Nebraska Wesleyan, Svoboda won three Great Plains Athletic Conference championships (1988–1990), and advanced to the NAIA playoffs three times between 1988 and 1991.[2] After coaching at NWU, Svoboda was the offensive coordinator at Northwest Missouri State University for 10 seasons, three of which the team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship.[3] While serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, Svoboda was a 2005 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.
^"Player Bio: Jim Svoboda - UCLA Official Athletic Site". uclabruins.com.
^"Nebraska Wesleyan University Prairie Wolves Athletics". nwusports.com.
^"University of Central Missouri Athletics". ucmathletics.com.
JimSvoboda (born June 23, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks...
staff". Whidbey News-Times. August 2, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2023. "JimSvoboda (2013) - Hall of Fame". Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved...
head coach Jon Sumrall was named as the Green Wave's new head coach. JimSvoboda, Tulane's former offensive coordinator, parted ways with the team after...
2016 NCAA Division II football season. Led by seventh-year head coach JimSvoboda, the Mules compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 9–2 in conference...
around the state". HeraldNet. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Waller, Jim (August 2, 2013). "50 years of coaching: Christensen joins Coupeville football...
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