| Jim Williams | |
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1928 |
| Birth Place: | McLaughlin, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1951–1953 |
| Player Team1: | Los Angeles State |
| Player Positions: | Fullback, quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1954 |
| Coach Team1: | Mount Carmel HS (CA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1955–1956 |
| Coach Team2: | Mount Carmel HS (CA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1958 |
| Coach Team3: | Pius X HS (CA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1959–1960 |
| Coach Team4: | Los Angeles City (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1961–1964 |
| Coach Team5: | Claremont-Mudd |
| Coach Years6: | 1965 |
| Coach Team6: | Cal State Los Angeles (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1966–1968 |
| Coach Team7: | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Coach Years8: | 1969–1970 |
| Coach Team8: | Rio Hondo |
| Coach Years9: | 1974–1975 |
| Coach Team9: | Cal State Los Angeles |
| Overall Record: | 33–49–2 (college) 12–8 (junior college) 23–3–2 (high school) |
| Tournament Record: | 1–1 (California JC large division playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 SCC (1970) |
James Davidson Williams (December 23, 1928 – June 11, 1989) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach of the Claremont-Mudd Stags football program, representing Claremont McKenna College and Harvey Mudd College, from 1961 to 1964 and two stints as the head football coach at California State University, Los Angeles, from 1966 to 1968 and 1974 to 1975, compiling a career college football coaching record of 33–49–2.
Williams was born on December 23, 1928, in McLaughlin, South Dakota. He grew in up in Los Angeles, where attended and played football at Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles City College, and California State University, Los Angeles when it was known as Los Angeles State College. At Los Angeles City College he played as a quarterback in a T formation offense. At Los Angeles State he moved to fullback in a single-wing attack.[1] [2]
Williams died in Los Angeles County, California, on June 11, 1989.[3]