| Jim Whatley | |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Alexander City, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1933–1935 |
| Player Team2: | Alabama |
| Player Years3: | 1936–1938 |
| Player Team3: | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Player Sport4: | Basketball |
| Player Years5: | 1933–1936 |
| Player Team5: | Alabama |
| Player Years6: | 1938–1939 |
| Player Team6: | New York Jewels |
| Player Sport7: | Baseball |
| Player Years8: | 1933–1935 |
| Player Team8: | Alabama |
| Player Years9: | 1937 |
| Player Team9: | Jackson Senators |
| Player Years10: | 1937–1938 |
| Player Team10: | Opelousas Indians |
| Player Positions: | Tackle (football) Center (basketball) First baseman (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1939–1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Western Carolina |
| Coach Years3: | 1946–1949 |
| Coach Team3: | Ole Miss (line) |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1938–1942 |
| Coach Team5: | Western Carolina |
| Coach Years6: | 1946–1949 |
| Coach Team6: | Ole Miss |
| Coach Years7: | 1950–1951 |
| Coach Team7: | Georgia |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1950 |
| Coach Team9: | Georgia |
| Coach Years10: | 1952–1975 |
| Coach Team10: | Georgia |
| Overall Record: | 6–16–2 (football) 83–75 (basketball) 336–326–3 (baseball) |
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James William "Big Jim" Whatley (March 11, 1913 – May 31, 2001) was an American football, basketball and baseball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Western Carolina University from 1939 to 1941, after playing minor league baseball for the Jackson Senators of the Cotton States League in 1937 and the Opelousas Indians of the Evangeline Baseball League from 1937 to 1938.[2]