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]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 3, 1902 North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1981 (aged 78) Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| 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) | |
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
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "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
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