| James Baldwin | |
| Birth Date: | 26 May 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1907 |
| Player Team2: | Dartmouth |
| Player Positions: | Halfback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1908 |
| Coach Team2: | Somerville HS (MA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1909–1912 |
| Coach Team3: | Brockton HS (MA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1913–1914 |
| Coach Team4: | Passaic HS (NJ) |
| Coach Years5: | 1915–1917 |
| Coach Team5: | Rhode Island State |
| Coach Years6: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team6: | Maine |
| Coach Years7: | 1921 |
| Coach Team7: | Trinity (NC) |
| Coach Years8: | 1922–1924 |
| Coach Team8: | Lehigh |
| Coach Years9: | 1926–1927 |
| Coach Team9: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
| Coach Years11: | 1916–1918 |
| Coach Team11: | Rhode Island State |
| Coach Years12: | 1920–1921 |
| Coach Team12: | Maine |
| Coach Years13: | 1921–1922 |
| Coach Team13: | Trinity (NC) |
| Coach Years14: | 1922–1925 |
| Coach Team14: | Lehigh |
| Coach Years15: | 1926–1928 |
| Coach Team15: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Sport16: | Baseball |
| Coach Years17: | c. 1916 |
| Coach Team17: | Rhode Island State |
| Coach Years18: | 1923–1925 |
| Coach Team18: | Lehigh |
| Admin Years1: | 1916–1919 |
| Admin Team1: | Rhode Island State |
| Admin Years2: | 1920–1921 |
| Admin Team2: | Maine |
| Overall Record: | 43–36–16 (college football) 85–66 (college basketball) 32–25–1 (college baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 2 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1919–1920) |
James A. Baldwin (May 26, 1886 – August 2, 1964) was an American football player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. A native of Somerville, Massachusetts, Baldwin played on the football, baseball, and track teams at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1908. [1]
Baldwin served as the head football coach at Rhode Island State College—now the University of Rhode Island, the University of Maine, Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina—now Duke University, Lehigh University, and Wake Forest University, compiling a career college football record of 43–37–16. 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 State and at Lehigh, tallying a career college baseball record of 32–25–1. From 1916 to 1919, Baldwin was the athletic director at Rhode Island State while he coached three sports.
Baldwin died on August 2, 1964, at a nursing home in Hyannis, Massachusetts.[2]