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| Born | January 15, 1961 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle and Folkstlye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dan Gable | ||||||||||||||||||||
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James (Jim) Zalesky (born January 15, 1961) is an American college wrestling coach and is currently the head coach of the University of Jamestown. He was the former head wrestling coach for the Oregon State Beavers. Prior to joining the Beavers, he was the coach of the University of Iowa wrestling team from 1998 to 2006. At Iowa, he succeeded Dan Gable as head coach, under whom he was a three-time NCAA champion. As head coach for Iowa, he guided the Hawkeyes to three NCAA team championships in 1998, 1999, and 2000. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.