Hall of Fame
Jim Sochor's first impact on college football was
in 1957-59. He quarterbacked San Francisco State
to three league championships. He served as
assistant coach at San Francisco State 1960-65
and U. of California-Davis 1967-69.
He moved up to head coach at UC-Davis in 1970.
His first team had a 6-4 record. Then came a streak
of 18 consecutive conference championships 1971-88.
UC-Davis was in the Far Western Conference.
In 1982 this became known as the Northern California
Athletic Conference. Sochor's record 1970-88
was 156-41-5, a winning percentage of .785.
His 1982 team was runnerup to Southwest Texas State
in the NCAA Division II playoffs. In confernece games
hsi record was 92-5. He had winning streaks of 41
and 38 in conference games. In 1983 he was national
coach of the year in NCAA Division II. This followed
two seasons in which he went 12-1 and 11-1.
In 1984 and 1988 he served as assistant coach in the
Shrine East-West Game. He was UC-Davis director of
athletics 1988-91. In 1992 he returned to UC-Davis
and served five years as golf coach.
In 1996 he was in Europe as assistant coach (offensive
coordinator) of the Scottish Claymores, who won the
championship of the World League of American Football.
They beat Frankfurt, Germany, 32-27, in the title game.
Sochor was born February 11, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
