Mar 16, 2021 · From 1968 through 1981, Thacker was sports anchor for WBTV in Charlotte. In the 1970s, he joined with college basketball analyst Billy Packer to form the popular “Thacker and …

Thacker left Huntington in 1967 to help usher in the era of televised Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) basketball. From 1968 through 1981, Thacker was sports anchor for WBTV in …

Dec 15, 1992 · Jim Thacker, the veteran sportscaster who helped usher in the era of televised ACC basketball, died Tuesday of a stroke while attending a meeting in Charlotte. He was 64.

Mar 8, 2003 · Play-by-play broadcasters like Harville, Simpson, Dan Daniels, Woody Durham, and Jim Thacker, and analysts like Bones McKinney, Billy Packer, and Jeff Mullins were brought in …

Mar 14, 2010 · GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Jim Thacker, the play-by-play voice of ACC basketball for a generation of television viewers and a generous benefactor to the conference, was …

Mar 11, 2019 · “Sail with the Pilot.” Jim Thacker and Bones McKinney and Billy Packer. It was groundbreaking stuff at the time. No one else was even close.

Feb 2, 2023 · Jim Thacker and Billy Packer were staple voices of my pre-cablevision childhood and into my teen years. Packer moved up the broadcasting ladder and Thacker continued as …

At Lake City High School Jim coached Varsity Basketball from 2005 – 2008 with a win/loss record of 42-28. His overall win/loss record is 535 – 332 in Washington and Idaho. In 1972, Jim was …

Jan 18, 2023 · These are just some of the accomplishments by former Walla Walla boys basketball coach Jim Thacker who was honored Tuesday night.

Mar 22, 2024 · Thacker, James “Jim” Edward, 87, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2024. He was born in Brunswick County, VA on August 28, 1936.