Jim Wacker (1937 - August 26, 2003) was an American football college head coach.

Wacker was born in Detroit, Michigan. He coached at Texas Lutheran University (1971-1975), North Dakota State University (1976-1978), Southwest Texas State University (1979-1982), Texas Christian University from 1983-1991 and the University of Minnesota (1992-1996). He served as athletic director at Southwest Texas from 1998-2001.

He died of cancer in San Marcos, Texas.