James Perry (American football)

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James Perry
Brown Head Coach James Perry.jpg
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Brown
Conference Ivy League
Record12–28
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–presentBrown
Head coaching record
Overall25–38

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]

Contents

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 served as the head coach at Bryant University from 2017 to 2018, where he posted a record of 12–10. [2]

Honors and awards

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference)(2017–2018)
2017 Bryant 6–54–2T–2nd
2018 Bryant 6–52–4T–5th
Bryant:12–106–6
Brown Bears (Ivy League)(2019–present)
2019 Brown 2–81–68th
2020 No team [lower-alpha 1]
2021 Brown 2–81–6T–6th
2022 Brown 3–71–68th
2023 Brown 5–53–4T–5th
2024 Brown 0–00–0
Brown:12–286–22
Total:25–38
  1. Brown did not play in the 2020–21 school year due to COVID-19 concerns.

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References

  1. "James Perry steps down as head football coach". Bryant University . Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Koch, Bill (January 3, 2017). "Bryant names James Perry, ex-Brown QB, as football coach". Providence Journal . Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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.
  4. Koch, Bill (13 December 2021). "Ivy League names Brown QB EJ Perry the winner of the Bushnell Cup as top offensive player". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.