Last on staff as Head Coach, Wisconsin, through 1989.
Not on a staff this seasonHead coach highest tier reachedJim Wacker mentor21 protégés
Drawing the tree…
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|
| Jim Wacker | North Dakota State | 1977–1978 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Burney | Wisconsin | 1989 |
| Jay Norvell | Wisconsin | 1989 |
| Bob Babich | Wisconsin | 1988–1989 |
| Geep Chryst | Wisconsin | 1988 |
| L. C. Cole | Wisconsin | 1988–1989 |
| Craig Bohl | Wisconsin | 1987–1988 |
| Jimmy Gonzales | Wisconsin | 1987–1989 |
| Ken Ellett | Wisconsin | 1987 |
| Lovie Smith | Wisconsin | 1987 |
| Mark Mauer | Wisconsin |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Hilles | Wisconsin | 1987 |
| John Cooper | Tulsa | 1985 |
| Jim Wacker | North Dakota State | 1979 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin | 1990 |
| George Henshaw | Tulsa | 1987 |
| Earle Solomonson | North Dakota State | 1985 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Ellett | Wisconsin | 1988–1989 |
| Jerry Fishbain | Wisconsin | 1987 |
| Mario Russo | Wisconsin | 1987–1989 |
| 1987–1989 |
| Mike Daly | Wisconsin | 1987–1989 |
| Pat Simmers | Wisconsin | 1987–1989 |
| Phil Engle | Wisconsin | 1987–1989 |
| Scott Seeliger | Wisconsin | 1987–1989 |
| Tony Lombardi | Wisconsin | 1987–1988 |
| Joe Dickinson | Tulsa | 1986 |
| Bob Babich | Tulsa | 1985–1986 |
| Chris Thurmond | Tulsa | 1985–1986 |
| Craig Bohl | Tulsa | 1985–1986 |
| Lovie Smith | Tulsa | 1985–1986 |
| Mike Daly | Tulsa | 1985–1986 |
| Craig Bohl | North Dakota State | 1984 |
| Earle Solomonson | North Dakota State | 1979–1984 |
| Mike Daly | North Dakota State | 1979–1983 |
| Rocky Hager | North Dakota State | 1979 |