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James Perry
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBrown
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–5
Playing career
1996–1999Brown
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001Dartmouth (assistant QB/WR)
2002–2003Williams (QB/RC)
2004–2005Maryland (GA)
2006Delaware (RB)
2007–2009Brown (QB/RC)
2010–2016Princeton (OC)
2017–2018Bryant
2019–presentBrown
Head coaching record
Overall13–15

James Perry is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at his alma mater, Brown University, where he was a starting quarterback in the late 1990s.[1]

Biography

Perry is the youngest of seven children by Massachusetts hall of fame track and field coach Ernest Perry Jr.[2] While a student at Malden Catholic High School, Perry played football, basketball, and track, receiving the Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award in 1996.[3] He played quarterback at Brown, earning a number of school and Ivy League passing records.[3] Perry received Ivy League Player of the Year in 1999.[2] He was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]

Perry served as the head coach at Bryant University from 2017 to 2018, where he posted a record of 12–10.[2]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference) (2017–2018)
2017 Bryant 6–5 4–2 T–2nd
2018 Bryant 6–5 2–4 T–5th
Bryant: 12–10 6–6
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (2019–present)
2019 Brown 2–8 1–6 8th
Brown: 2–8 1–6
Total: 14–18

References

  1. ^ "James Perry steps down as head football coach". Bryant University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Koch, Bill (January 3, 2017). "Bryant names James Perry, ex-Brown QB, as football coach". Providence Journal. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Holmes, Bob (28 June 2020). "'It still motivates me.' A closer look at the impact of the Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete award". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

External links

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