| Jim Dennison | |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1938 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1958–1959 |
| Player Team2: | Wooster |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1960 |
| Coach Team2: | Wadsworth HS (OH) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1961–1963 |
| Coach Team3: | Elyria HS (OH) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1964 |
| Coach Team4: | Copley HS (OH) |
| Coach Years5: | 1965–1972 |
| Coach Team5: | Akron (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1973–1985 |
| Coach Team6: | Akron |
| Coach Years7: | 1995–2012 |
| Coach Team7: | Walsh |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1966 |
| Coach Team9: | Akron |
| Admin Years1: | 1986–1993 |
| Admin Team1: | Akron |
| Admin Years2: | 1993–2007 |
| Admin Team2: | Walsh |
| Overall Record: | 199–139–2 (college football) 9–0 (high school football) 4–12 (college baseball) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 2–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Awards: | Football AFCA College Division COY (1976) OVC Coach of the Year (1982) |
James L. Dennison (born February 5, 1938) is a former American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. On November 11, 2012, Dennison retired as the head football coach at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio.[1] He had held that position since February 11, 1994, the year before the school's football team began play in 1995. From 1973 to 1985, Dennison was the head football coach at the University of Akron. He was also the head baseball coach at Akron in 1966. Dennison served as the athletic director at Akron (1986–1993) and Walsh (1993–2007). He played college football and college baseball at the College of Wooster, from which he graduated in 1960.