| James Baldwin | |
| File:James Baldwin - Duke.jpg | |
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, track |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 26, 1886 Manchester, New Hampshire |
| Died | August 2, 1964 (aged 78)[1] Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1907 | Dartmouth |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1908 1909–1912 1913–1914 1915–1916 1919–1920 1921 1922–1924 1926–1927 Basketball 1915–1918 1920–1921 1921–1922 1922–1925 1926–1928 Baseball c. 1916 1923–1925 | Somerville HS (MA) Brockton HS (MA) Passaic HS (NJ) Rhode Island Maine Duke Lehigh Wake Forest Rhode Island Maine Duke Lehigh Wake Forest Rhode Island Lehigh |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1915–1918 | Rhode Island |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–32–14 (college football) 85–66 (college basketball) 32–25–1 (college baseball) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
James A. "Jim" Baldwin (May 26, 1886 – August 2, 1964) was an American football player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He served as the head football coach the University of Rhode Island, the University of Maine, Duke University, Lehigh University, and Wake Forest University, compiling a career college football record of 41–32–14. Baldwin was also the head basketball coach at the same five schools, amassing a career college basketball mark of 85–66. In addition he served as the head baseball coach at Rhode Island and at Lehigh, tallying a career college baseball record of 32–25–1. From 1915 to 1918, Baldwin was the athletic director at Rhode Island while he coached three sports.
Coaching career[]
Baldwin served as the head football coach at Wake Forest from 1926 to 1927. His record at Wake Forest stands at 7–10–3. He also served as the head coach at Maine from 1919 to 1920, and at Duke University where he compiled a 6–1–2 record. He also served as the head coach of Duke's basketball program in 1922, compiling a 6–12 record.
He was the 15th head football coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1922 until 1924. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 13 wins, 8 losses, and 5 ties. This ranks him 13th at Lehigh in terms of total wins and eighth at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage.[2]
Further reading[]
- Maine Football Coach Has 13 Months' Experience as Director in France in his Training, The Lewiston Daily Sun
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