Jim Culhane attended Penn State, helping them win the NCAA team title in 1965. Culhane was on the US national team from 1965-75, competing at the 1971 Pan American Games and the 1972 Olympics. After college Culhane attended Southern Connecticut State University. He later became a gymnastics coach, serving as an assistant at Southern Connecticut and the US Military Academy. He then became a head coach at East Stroudsburg State College and Cal State Northridge. Culhane retired and then settled in Texas where he taught boys’ gymnastics at Texas Star Gymnastics. He also became a skydiver and helped set a world record for the largest formation of Skydivers over 60.