The name Slade is synonymous with excellence in wrestling in Section VI and on the national college level. Timm and his twin brother, Todd, were Section VI wrestling champions and his brother Scott wrestled at the University of Buffalo for Hall of Fame coach Ed Michael. Timm indicated that his wrestling career started when he was 5 when his two older brothers use to take the twins to youth wrestling tournaments; thus, commencing their passion for the sport. In high school Todd and Timm wrestled for Iroquois High School under the watchful eye of Hall of Fame Coach Fred Marcheson. Todd was a 2 time sectional champion and Timm won his sectional title at 145 in his senior year. A Buffalo News article wrote that Timm and his brother dominated the sectional wrestling landscape and were known for their tenacity and competitive spirit.

Progressing from high school, the Slades moved on to Brockport State and continued their distinction in the sport. Todd would win a Division III National Championship and Timm would captured a State University Conference Championships. Additionally, Timm competed for one year of football for Brockport where he was the starting running back. Timm denoted in an interview that he really enjoyed both sports but the one year of college football was a very noteworthy experience.

From Brockport, Timm spent several years coaching wrestling in Section V and Section VI. His first job was at Pavilion in Section V followed by Clarence, Wilson Central and then becoming the Athletic Director at West Seneca. Slade was quoted in a “Buffalo News” article that one of his basic tenets of coaching wrestling was, “I try telling the kids everyone practices 2 hours a day. It’s the extra things you do that make you go further in the sport … whether it’s drilling, lifting, running. You have to prepare yourself to work harder than your opponent.” This would be a life-long lesson that Timm would follow in his teaching and administrative work in athletics.

While at West Seneca, Slade initiated several key programs. He co-facilitated the “Project Save” initative which helped to keep the students and staff safe. In addition, Timm started the “Project Adventure” initiative which according to Slade focused on building team work, self-confidence and affording a physical challenge to all students. Slade has specified that two of his biggest goals as an Athletic Director was to attend as many athletic events as possible and hire the very best coaches to provide his student/athletes the opportunity with the chance to develop themselves academically, athletically and socially. In an article from “Buffalo Business First,” Timm gave his philosophy about the role that athletics played in a student/athlete’s life, "Through athletics, you learn how to be competitive, to win and to lose, to be cooperative with others, to give and take directions and play by the rules, to develop time-management skills, and to learn how to stick it out and not quit. You learn how to build relationships that are life-long. "

In 2009, Timm was selected as the Executive Director of Section VI (NYSPHSAA) and has been in this position ever since until his recent retirement. When asked why he accepted the position Slade added, “I felt I could affect more kids. When you are a school administrator you impact the students in your school, but in decisions at the Executive Director’s level you're affecting all the student-athletes, and coaches in Section VI. Additionally, you are working on a state level for the betterment of all sports.” During his eleven years as the Executive Director of Section VI, Slade has been at the forefront of developing new programs for the state and section. He has established the Alpine Skiing program, worked to incorporate “unified basketball and bowling” in the section, which enables students with disabilities an opportunity to participate competitively, he actively supported a Section VI Cheerleading competition prior to the NYSPHSAA sanctioning of a competition on the state level, and has advocated for girls’ wrestling on the sectional level and this year developed a Section VI Girls’ wrestling championships. As the Executive Director he has worked on numerous NYSPHSAA committees which promoted boys and girls athletics in the state. Slade and Todd Nelson, a member of the NYSPHSAA staff, have been at the head of the Transfer Committee refining and modifying its guidelines. Furthermore, Slade has launched a Corporate Sponsoring Program for Section VI. Timm set his goal for $ 100,000 dollars and to the astonishment of many has reached that level. Executive Director Slade feels that one of his main functions of his job is to view athletics as a whole and do those things to promote sports for all the student-athletes regardless of their gender. Furthermore, he strives hard to illustrate how important sports are in the total educational process. The Upstate New York Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame is honored to recognize Timm Slade as their Outstanding American for all his has done for the sport of boys and girls wrestling and his leadership in promoting all sports in the state.

Timm and his wife Roxanne, a former Division I softball player at University of North Carolina at Wilmington live in Elma. Their daughter Cayla is a special education teacher at Southwestern High School and son Jacob teaches physical education at Falconer.