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Jim Svoboda (born June 23, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri, a position he has held since the 2010 season. Svoboda served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) from 1987 to 1993. While at NWU, Svoboda won three Great Plains Athletic Conference championships (1988–1990), and advanced to the NAIA playoffs 3 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 | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (1987–1993) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 6–4 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 1988 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 8–2 | 5–0 | L NAIA First Round | |||||
| 1989 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 10–2 | 5–0 | L NAIA 2nd Round | |||||
| 1990 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7–2 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 1991 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 8–3 | 4–1 | L NAIA Playoffs | |||||
| 1992 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 6–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 1993 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 7–3 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 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 Regionals Quarterfinals | ||||
| 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 Playoffs First Round | ||||
| Central Missouri: | 56–25 | 49–21 | |||||||
| Total: | 108–44 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||