Hall of Fame
A four-year starter at tackle, Jim Harding was a team captain and a first-team All-MAC selection as a senior in 2000. He was part of three MAC West Division Championship teams in which he started 46 consecutive games (every game of his career) for the Rockets and blocked for UT’s all-time leading rusher Chester Taylor. A UT Academic Honor Roll student in 1999 and 2000, Harding was awarded Academic All-MAC honors in 1998 and 1999. As a senior, he was co-winner of the Jim Nicholson Award, along with defensive end DeJuan Goulde, an award given to the team’s most valuable player. After graduation, Harding moved to the coaching ranks, serving first as a graduate assistant at the University of Missouri, then as the defensive coordinator at Troy (MI) High School, then as the offensive line coach at the University of Wyoming.
