Ralph James (coach)

Ralph James
Biographical details
Born	November 3, 1902; North Carolina
Died	April 13, 1981 (aged 78); Asheville, North Carolina
Playing career
Football
1925–1927	Wake Forest
Basketball
?–1928	Wake Forest
Baseball
?–1929	Wake Forest
Position(s)	Quarterback (football); Forward (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929–1931	Blue Ridge School (NC)
1932–1935	Weaver/Brevard
1936–1938	Western Carolina
1941–1944	Lee H. Edwards HS (NC)
1945–1949	High Point
Basketball
1929–1932	Blue Ridge School (NC)
1936–1938	Western Carolina
1945–1950	High Point
Head coaching record
Overall	25–38–9 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 North State (1945)

Ralph Emerson James Sr. (November 3, 1902 – April 13, 1981) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina (1932–1935),^[1] Western Carolina University (1936–1938), and High Point University (1945–1949).^[2]

James attended Wake Forest College—now known as Wake Forest University—where he played college football as a quarterback, college basketball as a forward, and college baseball. He died on April 13, 1981, in Asheville, North Carolina.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Western Carolina Catamounts (North State Conference) (1936–1938)
1936	Western Carolina	2–7	1–2	5th
1937	Western Carolina	1–6–2	0–3	T–5th
1938	Western Carolina	0–7–1	0–3	7th
Western Carolina:		3–20–3	1–8
High Point Panthers (North State Conference) (1945–1949)
1945	High Point	5–0–1	5–0	T–1st
1946	High Point	7–2–1	3–2–1	3rd
1947	High Point	5–4–2	3–3–1	4th
1948	High Point	5–3–2	4–3–1	5th
1949	High Point	0–9	0–6	9th
High Point:		22–18–6	15–14–3
Total:		25–38–9
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ "James Was First Coach At Brevard College". nchistoryroom.blogspot.com. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
^ Williams, Bill (October 13, 1945). "Ralph James Makes Debut With Strong Grid Eleven". High Point Enterprise. Newspaper Archive. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
^ Baker, Jim (April 15, 1981). "Ralph James". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. p. 26. Retrieved August 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .