University of Minnesota-Duluth
Football Head Coach
1958-97
The name Jim Malosky is synonymous with collegiate football success in the state, region, and nation. A native of Crosby, MN, and a 1951 graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Malosky was a four-year letterman and two-year starting quarterback with the Golden Gophers (1948-49). He became Minnesota-Duluth's third head football coach in the spring of 1958 after spending the previous four years in that same capacity at Morris High School and Edina-Morningside High School. Malosky retired on July 1, 1999, ending a 40-year career with the Bulldogs in which he won more games than any other coach in NCAA Division II history, finishing with a 255-125-13 record (a .665 winning percentage). Malosky, who took a one-year medical leave of absence from his head coaching duties in 1998, finished .500 or better 33 seasons during his 40-year career. His 255 wins holds down the No. 11 spot on college football's all-time coaching win list. Malosky led the Bulldogs to three Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic championships, six NSIC crowns, and was named Coach of the Year by the MIAC, the NSIC, and NAIA District 13 on 10 occasions. Nineteen Bulldog players were named All-Americans under Malosky, and five went on to play in the National Football League. Malosky was inducted into the Minnesota High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame and two years later became a member of the University of Minnesota's Hall of Fame. He is also the namesake of the newly established Jim Malosky Award which will be presented annually by USA Football to the NCAA II Coach of the Year.