James A. Baldwin

James Baldwin
Biographical details
Born	May 26, 1886; Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	August 2, 1964 (aged 78); Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1907	Dartmouth
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908	Somerville HS (MA)
1909–1912	Brockton HS (MA)
1913–1914	Passaic HS (NJ)
1915–1917	Rhode Island State
1919–1920	Maine
1921	Trinity (NC)
1922–1924	Lehigh
1926–1927	Wake Forest
Basketball
1916–1918	Rhode Island State
1920–1921	Maine
1921–1922	Trinity (NC)
1922–1925	Lehigh
1926–1928	Wake Forest
Baseball
c. 1916	Rhode Island State
1923–1925	Lehigh
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1916–1919	Rhode Island State
1920–1921	Maine
Head coaching record
Overall	43–36–16 (college football); 85–66 (college basketball); 32–25–1 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1919–1920)

James A. Baldwin (May 26, 1886 – August 2, 1964) was an American football player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. A native of Somerville, Massachusetts, Baldwin played on the football, baseball, and track teams at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1908. ^[1]

Baldwin served as the head football coach at Rhode Island State College—now the University of Rhode Island, the University of Maine, Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina—now Duke University, Lehigh University, and Wake Forest University, compiling a career college football record of 43–37–16. Baldwin was also the head basketball coach at the same five schools, amassing a career college basketball mark of 85–66. In addition, he served as the head baseball coach at Rhode Island State and at Lehigh, tallying a career college baseball record of 32–25–1. From 1916 to 1919, Baldwin was the athletic director at Rhode Island State while he coached three sports.

Death

Baldwin died on August 2, 1964, at a nursing home in Hyannis, Massachusetts.^[2]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Standing
Rhode Island State Rams (Independent) (1915–1917)
1915	Rhode Island State	3–5
1916	Rhode Island State	3–4–1
1917	Rhode Island State	2–4–2
Rhode Island State:		8–13–3
Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1920)
1919	Maine	6–1	1st
1920	Maine	3–3–3	1st
Maine:		9–4–3
Trinity Blue Blue and White (Independent) (1921)
1921	Trinity	6–1–2
Duke:		6–1–2
Lehigh Brown and White (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922	Lehigh	3–5–1
1923	Lehigh	6–2–1
1924	Lehigh	4–1–3
Lehigh:		13–8–5
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Independent) (1926–1927)
1926	Wake Forest	5–4–1
1927	Wake Forest	2–6–2
Wake Forest:		7–10–3
Total:		43–36–16
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

College basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Rhode Island State Rams (Independent) (1916–1918)
1916–17	Rhode Island State	2–6	—	—	—
1917–18	Rhode Island State	3–0	—	—	—
Rhode Island State:		5–6
Trinity Blue and White (Independent) (1921–1922)
1921–22	Trinity	6–12			—
Trinity:		6–12
Lehigh Engineers (Independent) (1922–1925)
1922–23	Lehigh	9–10			—
1923–24	Lehigh	12–3			—
1924–25	Lehigh	11–4			—
Lehigh:		32–17
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Independent) (1926–1928)
1926–27	Wake Forest	22–3	—	—	—
1927–28	Wake Forest	6–14	—	—	—
Wake Forest:		28–17
Total:		71–52
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion