James L. White (coach)
Cavalier football player James White
at Virginia's Lambeth Field in 1916 |
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 12, 1893 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Died | December 10, 1949 (aged 56) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1913–1916 | Virginia |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1917 | Virginia |
| Baseball | |
| 1914–1917 | Virginia |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Virginia (assistant) |
| 1920–1921 | Wake Forest |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1921 | Wake Forest |
| 1923–1925 | Florida |
| Baseball | |
| 1917 | Virginia |
| 1920 | Virginia |
| 1921 | Wake Forest |
| 1925 | Florida |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1920–1921 | Wake Forest |
| 1923–1925 | Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–15 (football) 14–27 (basketball) 31–21–4 (baseball) |
James Livingston White, Jr. (January 12, 1893 – December 10, 1949) was an American college baseball, basketball and football head coach for three different Southern universities, the University of Virginia, Wake Forest College and the University of Florida, in the 1910s and 1920s. He also served as the athletic director for Wake Forest and Florida.
White was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1893. UVA sources claim he spent time in Macon, Georgia. He attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he played for the Virginia football team from 1913 to 1916, the Virginia baseball team from 1914 to 1917. and the Virginia basketball team from 1915 to 1917. The 1914 and 1915 Virginia teams claim regional titles. He graduated from Virginia with a bachelor's degree.
White coached the University of Virginia baseball team while he was an undergraduate in 1917, and again in 1920. In two seasons as his alma mater's head baseball coach, he compiled a win-loss-tie record of 13–9–1.
In the fall of 1920, White became the athletic director for Wake Forest College, then located in Wake County, North Carolina. He also served as the head coach of the Wake Forest Fighting Baptists football team in 1920 and 1921, the Fighting Baptists basketball team from 1920 to 1921, and the Fighting Baptists baseball team in 1921. He compiled win-loss records of 4–15 in football, 7–10 in men's basketball, and 15–5–3 in baseball. He resigned in December 1921.
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