Jim Svoboda

Jim Svoboda

Biographical details
Born	(1960-06-23) June 23, 1960 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 (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) is an American football coach and former player. He most recently served as the 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. 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. 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.

Head coaching record

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Nebraska Wesleyan Plainsmen (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference) (1987–1993)
1987	Nebraska Wesleyan	6–4	3–2	T–2nd
1988	Nebraska Wesleyan	8–2	5–0	1st	L NAIA Division II First Round
1989	Nebraska Wesleyan	10–2	5–0	1st	L NAIA Division II Second Round
1990	Nebraska Wesleyan	7–2	4–1	T–1st
1991	Nebraska Wesleyan	8–3	4–1	2nd	L NAIA Division II First Round
1992	Nebraska Wesleyan	6–3	4–2	3rd
1993	Nebraska Wesleyan	7–3	4–2	3rd
Nebraska Wesleyan:		52–19	29–8
Central Missouri Mules (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (2010–present)
2010	Central Missouri	11–3	8–1	2nd	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2011	Central Missouri	8–4	6–3	5th	L Kanza Bowl
2012	Central Missouri	6–4	6–4	7th
2013	Central Missouri	6–4	5–4	7th
2014	Central Missouri	8–4	7–4	4th	W Live United Texarkana Bowl
2015	Central Missouri	8–3	8–3	T–3rd
2016	Central Missouri	9–3	9–2	3rd	L NCAA Division II First Round
2017	Central Missouri	9–3	8–3	3rd	W Mineral Water
2018	Central Missouri	5–6	5–6	T–4th
2019	Central Missouri	11–2	10–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Second Round
2020–21	No team
2021	Central Missouri	4–7	4–7	T–8th
Central Missouri:		86–43	76–38
Total:		137–62
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Central Missouri profile