| J. T. King | |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Wilmot, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1935–1937 |
| Player Team1: | Texas |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Years1: | 1942–1945 |
| Coach Team1: | Enid HS (OK) |
| Coach Years2: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team2: | Tulane (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1948–1949 |
| Coach Team3: | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1950–1952 |
| Coach Team4: | Texas (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1954–1956 |
| Coach Team5: | Texas (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1957–1960 |
| Coach Team6: | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1961–1969 |
| Coach Team7: | Texas Tech |
| Admin Years1: | 1970–1978 |
| Admin Team1: | Texas Tech |
| Overall Record: | 44–45–3 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–2 |
J. T. King (October 22, 1912 – January 27, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Tech University from 1961 to 1969, compiling a record of a 44–45–3. King was the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1970 to 1978.
Born in Wilmot, Arkansas, King graduated from Houston Reagan High School. Collegiately, he played offensive guard under coach Dana X. Bible at Texas. He later served as an assistant coach at his alma mater from 1950 to 1952 and again from 1954 to 1956.
King was appointed head coach at Texas Tech on November 29, 1960, after DeWitt Weaver resigned to enter private business in Alabama.[1]
King was inducted to the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1981.[2] He died from cancer, on January 27, 1993, in Lubbock, Texas.[3]