| Jim Whitesell | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Albany |
| Current Conference: | America East |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Iowa Falls, Iowa, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Luther |
| Coach Years1: | 1982–1983 |
| Coach Team1: | North Dakota (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1983–1984 |
| Coach Team2: | Ellsworth CC (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1984–1985 |
| Coach Team3: | Wabash Valley (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1985–1987 |
| Coach Team4: | Mankato State (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1987–1992 |
| Coach Team5: | Elmhurst |
| Coach Years6: | 1992–2004 |
| Coach Team6: | Lewis |
| Coach Years7: | 2004–2011 |
| Coach Team7: | Loyola–Chicago |
| Coach Years8: | 2011–2013 |
| Coach Team8: | Saint Louis (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team9: | St. John's (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2015–2019 |
| Coach Team10: | Buffalo (associate HC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2019–2023 |
| Coach Team11: | Buffalo |
| Coach Years12: | 2023–present |
| Coach Team12: | Albany (assistant) |
Jim Whitesell (born December 27, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Albany Great Danes men's basketball team.Prior to Albany, he was the head men's coach for the Buffalo Bulls. Previously he coached at the Division I level as a head coach at Loyola University Chicago and an assistant at St. John's and Saint Louis. Whitesell replaced Larry Farmer as head coach of the Ramblers on April 14, 2004. Whitesell was fired as head coach of the Ramblers on March 14, 2011, after seven seasons, posting a 109–106 record in that time.[1] Whitesell was hired in August 2013[2] as an assistant coach at St. John's to fill the void left by former director of basketball operations Moe Hicks. On April 16, 2015, he was named associate head coach of men's basketball at the University at Buffalo.[3] On April 6, 2019, Whitesell was named the 14th head coach of men's basketball at the University at Buffalo, filling the void left by Nate Oats when he resigned to take the head coach position at the University of Alabama.[4] [5] On March 11, 2023, after four seasons and a 70–49 record he was fired as the Buffalo head coach.[6] He was named an assistant coach at Albany on September 14, 2023.[7]
Several of Whitesell's brothers work in the entertainment industry, including director John Whitesell, writer Chris Whitesell, writer/actor Sean Whitesell, and agent Patrick Whitesell.[8] [9]