Jim Wacker

Head coach, 1983–1996

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1992–1996MinnesotaHead Coach

1983–1991TCUHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak60Career56

1983–1996 · 14 seasonsRecord 56-97National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 60: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
Peak 60: best five-season stretch, 1992–1996 at Minnesota (16-39), taking over an average program.
Career 56 (#401 since 1936): total accomplishment over 14 seasons (56-97), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Season	Team	Record	Season rank	vs contemporaries
1996	Minnesota	4-7	#62	-0.14 SD
1995	Minnesota	3-8	#58	-0.01 SD
1994	Minnesota	3-8	#48	+0.20 SD
1993	Minnesota	4-7	#65	-0.22 SD
1992	Minnesota	2-9	#75	-0.52 SD
1991	TCU	7-4	#59	-0.13 SD
1990	TCU	5-6	#64	-0.19 SD
1989	TCU	4-7	#67	-0.34 SD
1988	TCU	4-7	#69	-0.41 SD
1987	TCU	5-6	#32	+0.41 SD
1986	TCU	3-8	#83	-0.89 SD
1985	TCU	3-8	#98	-1.51 SD
1984	TCU	8-4	#40	+0.36 SD
1983	TCU	1-8-2	#86	-0.83 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).