Jim Criner College coach

Jim Criner (born March 30, 1940) is a former American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Boise State University from 1976 to 1982 and at Iowa State University from 1983 to 1986, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 76–46–3 (.620). Criner was also the head coach of the NFL Europe's Scottish Claymores from 1995 to 2000, and the short-lived XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws in 2001. His 1980 Boise State team won the NCAA Division I-AA Championship and his Scottish Claymores squad won World Bowl IV in 1996. Criner was later a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL under head coach Dick Vermeil, whom he assisted at UCLA in the mid-1970s.

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Birth date	March 30, 1940
Birth place	Newton County Arkansas

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coached team	Boise State Broncos football Cal State East Bay Pioneers Las Vegas Outlaws UCLA Bruins football Iowa State Cyclones football Amiens Spartiates Scottish Claymores California Golden Bears football BYU Cougars football Utah Utes football
overall record	76–46–3 (college)