| Jimmy Kitts | |
| Birth Date: | 14 June 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Dallas County, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1918–1921 |
| Player Team2: | SMU |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1919–1922 |
| Player Team4: | SMU |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1924–1925 |
| Coach Team2: | Dallas |
| Coach Years3: | 1926–1929 |
| Coach Team3: | Athens HS (TX) |
| Coach Years4: | 1931–1933 |
| Coach Team4: | Rice (freshmen) |
| Coach Years5: | 1934–1939 |
| Coach Team5: | Rice |
| Coach Years6: | 1941 |
| Coach Team6: | VPI |
| Coach Years7: | 1943–1944 |
| Coach Team7: | Ottumwa NAS |
| Coach Years8: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team8: | VPI |
| Coach Sport9: | Basketball |
| Coach Years10: | 1923–1926 |
| Coach Team10: | Dallas |
| Coach Years11: | 1926–1929 |
| Coach Team11: | Athens HS (TX) |
| Coach Years12: | 1932–1938 |
| Coach Team12: | Rice |
| Coach Sport13: | Baseball |
| Coach Years14: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team15: | Dallas |
| Overall Record: | 65–52–9 (college football) 75–73 (college basketball) 26–15 (college baseball) |
| Bowl Record: | 1–1 |
| Championships: | Football 2 SWC (1934, 1937) Basketball SWC (1935) |
James Roland Kitts (June 14, 1900 – December 13, 1952) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Dallas from 1924 to 1925, Rice Institute—now known as Rice University–from 1934 to 1939, and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1941 and from 1946 to 1947. Kitts was also the head basketball coach at Rice from 1932 to 1938, tallying a mark of 58–56, and the head baseball coach at Dallas from 1924 to 1926 amassing a record of 26–15.[1] Kitts was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1956.[2]
Kitts was hired as the head football coach at the University of Dallas in December 1923.[3]
From 1934 to 1939, Kitts coached at Rice, and compiled a 33–29–4 record. His 1934 team went 9–1–1, however his 1939 team went 1–9–1.
Kitts died on December 13, 1952, in El Paso, Texas.[4]