| Jim Svoboda | |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Northwestern College |
| Coach Years1: | 1983 |
| Coach Team1: | Northwestern (IA) (RB) |
| Coach Years2: | 1984 |
| Coach Team2: | Dana (RB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1985 |
| Coach Team3: | Eastern New Mexico (RB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1986 |
| Coach Team4: | Nebraska Wesleyan (RB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1987–1993 |
| Coach Team5: | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Coach Years6: | 1994–2003 |
| Coach Team6: | Northwest Missouri State (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years7: | 2004–2006 |
| Coach Team7: | UCLA (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years8: | 2007–2009 |
| Coach Team8: | Montana State (QB) |
| Coach Years9: | 2010–2021 |
| Coach Team9: | Central Missouri |
| Coach Years10: | 2022 |
| Coach Team10: | Tulane (OC/QB) |
| Overall Record: | 137–62 |
| Bowl Record: | 2–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–3 (NAIA D-II playoffs) 3–3 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Championships: | 3 NIAC (1988–1990) 1 MIAA (2019) |
Jim Svoboda (born June 23, 1960)[1] is an American football coach and former player. He most recently served as the quarterbacks coach at Tulane University for the 2022 season, where the team went 12-2 and won the 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January). Svoboda served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) from 1987 to 1993 and the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri from 2010 to 2021. While at Nebraska Wesleyan, Svoboda won three Great Plains Athletic Conference championships (1988–1990), and advanced to the NAIA playoffs three times between 1988 and 1991.[2] After coaching at NWU, Svoboda was the offensive coordinator at Northwest Missouri State University for 10 seasons, three of which the team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship.[3] While serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, Svoboda was a 2005 finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.