James Perry (American football)
James Perry is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at his alma mater, Brown University, where he was a starting quarterback in the late 1990s.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Brown |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 1–5 |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1999 | Brown |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001 | Dartmouth (assistant QB/WR) |
| 2002–2003 | Williams (QB/RC) |
| 2004–2005 | Maryland (GA) |
| 2006 | Delaware (RB) |
| 2007–2009 | Brown (QB/RC) |
| 2010–2016 | Princeton (OC) |
| 2017–2018 | Bryant |
| 2019–present | Brown |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–15 |
Biography
Perry is the youngest of seven children by Massachusetts hall of fame track and field coach Ernest Perry Jr.[2] While a student at Malden Catholic High School, Perry played football, basketball, and track, receiving the Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award in 1996.[3] He played quarterback at Brown, earning a number of school and Ivy League passing records.[3] Perry received Ivy League Player of the Year in 1999.[2] He was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]
Perry served as the head coach at Bryant University from 2017 to 2018, where he posted a record of 12–10.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference) (2017–2018) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Bryant | 6–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2018 | Bryant | 6–5 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Bryant: | 12–10 | 6–6 | |||||||
| Brown Bears (Ivy League) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Brown | 2–8 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| Brown: | 2–8 | 1–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–18 | ||||||||
References
- "James Perry steps down as head football coach". Bryant University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- Koch, Bill (January 3, 2017). "Bryant names James Perry, ex-Brown QB, as football coach". Providence Journal. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- Holmes, Bob (28 June 2020). "'It still motivates me.' A closer look at the impact of the Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete award". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 June 2020.