One of the fi nest coaches from southwestern Minnesota for 31 years was that of Jim Carr. His Adrian teams were some of the state's best in the l980's. They were well recognized on the floor of the old St. Paul Civic Center with their traditional entrance unique only to those tough Adrian Dragons. Carr was the coach and mentor to some great individual standouts too. Two of his wrestlers went on to capture national collegiate titles in two - time NCAA II champion Pat Dorn and two - time NJCC and NAIA champion Leon Bullerman. In all, Carr's graduates captured eighteen All-American honors and five national championships. Coach Carr's Adrian teams went to state four times, capturing third place honors twice and one fourth place finish. He also coached four section runner-up teams. His Adrian teams also won nine conference titles and eleven district titles. He coached 65 wrestlers to the state tournament with 23 state place winners and 6 state champions. Eight wrestlers earned academic all-state honors and six were named as senior Minnesota All - Stars. The coaching success of Carr earned him five region 2 "Coach of the Year" honors. He was named District 8 "Coach of the Year" four times and was also selected as an honoree coach for the Dream Team classic in 2000 at Apple Valley High School. He received the MWCA Lifetime Achievement Award that same year. He was inducted into the Dave Bartelma - Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame in l993. With all the impressive credentials coach Carr has accumulated what is most amazing is that he never was a wrestling participant himself. In fact, his closest association to high school wrestling was his experience with Steer Wrestling, when he placed third in the state of South Dakota as a high school rodeo participant. Carr's only other athletic experience was in football. He played for Pine Riggs High School where he graduated in l963 and later at General Beadle State Teachers College in Madison, South Dakota, where he graduated in l967. Carr excelled not only as a coach, but in teaching as well, being selected as Adrian "Teacher of the Year" in l973. He spent his entire 35 year career at Adrian High School teaching social studies, geography, history and economics. Jim and his wife, Karen, have a son, Todd. Todd and his wife, Bobbi Jo, have 2 children: Josh and Sara. Jim now spends his time in retirement as a substitute teacher, bus driver and participating in his hobbies of golf, hunting, carpentry, restoring old cars and tractors, auctions, collecting toys, gardening and spending time with his grandchildren. They make their home in Yankton, South Dakota. While Adrian High School still does well in wrestling, the routes of that success came with a special coach in Jim Carr.