Quick Facts
Biography
James "Jim" Baldwin (May 26, 1886 – August 2, 1964) was an American football player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He 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 41–32–14. 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 1920, Baldwin was the athletic director at Rhode Island while he coached three sports.
Death
Baldwin died on August 2, 1964 at a nursing home in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island State Rams (Independent) (1915–1916) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Rhode Island State | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1916 | Rhode Island State | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Rhode Island State: | 6–9–1 | ||||||||
| 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 Engineers (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: | 41–32–14 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
College basketball
| 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 | |||||||||