Excersise/Wrestling Training Guide, Newspaper Clippings, Winter Sports Booklet
Cards, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Winter Sports Booklet
Cards, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs, Winter Sports Booklet
Excersise/Wrestling Training Guide, Newspaper Clippings, Winter Sports Booklet
NCAA Championship, Photographs
Newspaper Clippings
NCAA Championship, Photographs
NCAA Championship, Newspaper, Photograph, Scorecards
SDSU Wrestling Booklet, Scorecards
SDSU Wrestling Booklet, Scorecards
Programs, SDSU Wrestling Booklet
Programs, SDSU Wrestling Booklet
NCAA Championship, Newspaper, Photograph, Scorecards
Newspaper Clippings
Game Versus Augustana
Game Versus Augustana
Alumni Cards, Tuition Statement
Alumni Cards, Tuition Statement
Biology, English, History, Physical Education
Biology, English, History, Physical Education
Absence Cards, Awards, Class Schedules, Club Cards
Absence Cards, Awards, Class Schedules, Club Cards
Photographs
Photographs
Milbank Football and Wrestling
Milbank Football and Wrestling
Programs, School Songs
Awards, Notebooks, Schedule, Programs
Awards, Notebooks, Schedule, Programs
Programs, School Songs
English
English
Letters to/from family and friends.
Letters to/from family and friends.
Newspaper Clippings
Newspaper Clippings
The Jim Koch papers document the academic, athletic, and early coaching career of Jim Koch, with emphasis on his development as a wrestler and coach from his high school years through the early stages of his collegiate coaching career. Materials span approximately 1961 to 1981, with the strongest coverage dating from 1963 to 1981. The collection includes records from Koch’s time as a student athlete at Milbank High School and South Dakota State University, as well as documentation of his early coaching activities, including his work with the South Dakota State University junior varsity wrestling team and his initial years coaching at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Materials include academic records, coursework, athletic ephemera, awards, training and exercise methods, correspondence, newspapers and newspaper clippings, NCAA championship materials, photographs, tournament schedules, tuition, and alumni records.
This collection documents Jim Koch’s wrestling and coaching career and provides insight into high school and collegiate wrestling in the Midwest during the 1960s and 1970s. It illustrates the relationship between academic life and intercollegiate athletics at Milbank High School and South Dakota State University and records the early professional development of a coach who later became a prominent figure in collegiate wrestling. The materials also contribute to the historical record of wrestling programs at South Dakota State University and the University of Wisconsin Parkside.
Awards, Methods, Newspaper Clippings, Tournament Schedules
Awards, Methods, Newspaper Clippings, Tournament Schedules
