James A. Baldwin

James Baldwin

Playing career
Position(s)	Halfback
Head coaching record
Overall	41–32–14 (college football) 85–66 (college basketball) 32–25–1 (college baseball)

James "Jim" Baldwin (born 1886) 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.

Further reading

• Maine Football Coach Has 13 Months' Experience as Director in France in his Training, The Lewiston Daily Sun

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