Mar 16, 2021 · HUNTINGTON — Born in Chicago, Jim Thacker grew up in Henderson, Kentucky. There he got his first job as a radio announcer at the tender age of 15. He later broadcast schoolboy sports …

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 Charlotte. In the …

Mar 8, 2003 · Seated are (L to R) Bones McKinney, Billy Packer, and Jim Thacker, with Castleman Chesley (standing) behind the scenes at UNC-Chapel Hill versus Marquette basketball during the …

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 2A Coach of …

Mar 14, 2010 · Thacker, a native West Virginian whose smooth voice described league games from 1965-81, was the front man for the ACC region's first brand-name broadcasting duo.

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.

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.

Jan 18, 2023 · 395 wins, 11 state tournament appearances, 1 state title, another state runnerup, and an induction to the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

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 sports director …

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