| Jim Gush | |
| Current Title: | Defensive coordinator |
| Current Team: | Incarnate Word |
| Current Conference: | SLC |
| Birth Date: | 29 October 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Elmira, New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Bucknell University (1981) Iowa State University (1986) |
| Player Years1: | 1977–1980 |
| Player Team1: | Bucknell |
| Player Positions: | Safety |
| Coach Years1: | 1981–1982 |
| Coach Team1: | Southside HS (NY) (JV) |
| Coach Years2: | 1983 |
| Coach Team2: | Albany (DB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1984–1986 |
| Coach Team3: | Iowa State (GA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1987–1995 |
| Coach Team4: | Garden City (DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1996–1998 |
| Coach Team5: | Garden City |
| Coach Years6: | 1999–2001 |
| Coach Team6: | Kansas State (LB) |
| Coach Years7: | 2002 |
| Coach Team7: | SMU (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years8: | 2003–2007 |
| Coach Team8: | SMU (DC/DB) |
| Coach Years9: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team9: | Stony Brook (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years10: | 2011–2016 |
| Coach Team10: | Baylor (LB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2017 |
| Coach Team11: | Navarro (DC) |
| Coach Years12: | 2018 |
| Coach Team12: | Navarro |
| Coach Years13: | 2019 |
| Coach Team13: | McNeese State (DC) |
| Coach Years14: | 2021 |
| Coach Team14: | North Texas (LB) |
| Coach Years15: | 2022 |
| Coach Team15: | North Texas (co-DC/LB) |
| Coach Years16: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team16: | Incarnate Word (DC) |
| Overall Record: | 35–10 |
| Bowl Record: | 1–2 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NJCAA playoffs) 7–2 (KJCCC playoffs) 0–1 (SWJCFC playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 KJCCC (1997) |
James Gush (born October 29, 1958)[1] is an American college football coach. He is the defensive coordinator for the University of the Incarnate Word, a position he has held since 2023. He was the head football coach for Garden City Community College from 1996 to 1998 and Navarro College in 2018.[2] [3] He also coached for Southside High School,[4] Albany, Iowa State,[5] Kansas State,[6] SMU,[7] Stony Brook, Baylor, McNeese, and North Texas.[8] [9] He played college football for Bucknell as a safety.[10]