| Jim Tait | |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1935 |
| Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1955–1956 |
| Player Team1: | Mississippi State |
| Player Positions: | Halfback |
| Coach Years1: | 1957 |
| Coach Team1: | Mississippi State (asst. fr.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1960 |
| Coach Team2: | Mississippi State (asst. fr.) |
| Coach Years3: | 1961–1963 |
| Coach Team3: | Meridian HS (MS) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1964–1965 |
| Coach Team4: | Meridian HS (MS) |
| Coach Years5: | 1966–1973 |
| Coach Team5: | Richmond (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1974–1979 |
| Coach Team6: | Richmond |
| Overall Record: | 21–44 (college) 9–9–1 (high school) |
| Championships: | 1 SoCon (1975) |
Jim Tait (November 6, 1935 – May 20, 2011) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was head football coach at the University of Richmond from 1974 until 1979, compiling a record of 21–44. In 1975, Richmond won the Southern Conference championship. Tait was fired after the 1979 season, and then hired by Virginia Tech as an assistant athletic director under Bill Dooley.[1] Tait was a native of New Rochelle, New York. He played college football at Mississippi State University and began his coaching career there in 1957. He died on May 20, 2011, in Richmond, Virginia.[2]