Biographical details | |
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Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | October 10, 1977
Playing career | |
1996–2000 | Graceland |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2002 | STLCC–Forest Park (asst.) |
2002–2009 | UT Martin (asst.) |
2009–2014 | UT Martin |
2014–2015 | Blytheville HS |
2015–present | Germantown HS |
Jason T. James (born October 10, 1977) is an American high school basketball coach who is currently boys' varsity coach at Milan High School in Milan, TN. He was previously a college basketball coach, most recently men's basketball head coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin).
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, James graduated from Parkway West High School in nearby Ballwin in 1996 and played basketball at Graceland College from 1996 to 2000. A guard, James was team captain as a senior. [1] [2]
From 2000 to 2002, James was an assistant coach at St. Louis Community College–Forest Park. [1]
James spent seven seasons as a UT Martin assistant under coach Bret Campbell. James took over for Campbell in 2009, but proceeded to post a 37–117 overall record in five seasons. In 2013–14, the Skyhawks went 8–23 and did not qualify for the conference tournament. James was fired on March 3, 2014. [3]
After leaving UT Martin, James became head boys' varsity basketball coach at Blytheville High School in Blytheville, Arkansas before taking the same job at Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. After Germantown, he served as head boys' varsity basketball coach at Kenwood High School in Clarksville, TN, before taking his current role at Milan High School in 2021. [4] [5]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UT Martin Skyhawks (Ohio Valley Conference)(2009–2014) | |||||||||
2009–10 | UT Martin | 4–25 | 1–17 | 9th | |||||
2010–11 | UT Martin | 12–21 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
2011–12 | UT Martin | 4–27 | 0–16 | 11th | |||||
2012–13 | UT Martin | 9–21 | 5–11 | 5th (West) | |||||
2013–14 | UT Martin | 8–23 | 3–13 | 5th (West) | |||||
UT Martin: | 37–117 (.240) | 15–69 (.179) | |||||||
Total: | 37–117 (.240) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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