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American football player and coach

James Perry
Coach James PerryPerry in 2024
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBrown
ConferenceIvy League
Record15–35
Playing career
1996–1999Brown
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001Dartmouth (assistant QB/WR)
2002–2003Williams (QB/RC)
2004–2005Maryland (GA)
2006Delaware (RB)
2007–2009Brown (QB/RC)
2010–2016Princeton (OC)
2017–2018Bryant
2019–presentBrown
Head coaching record
Overall27–45

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.

Biography

Perry is the youngest of seven children by Massachusetts hall of fame track and field coach Ernest Perry Jr. While a student at Malden Catholic High School, Perry played football, basketball, and track, receiving the Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award in 1996. He played quarterback at Brown, earning a number of school and Ivy League passing records.

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

Honors and awards

  • Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award, 1996
  • Ivy League Player of the Year, 1999
  • Ivy League Bushnell Cup, 1999
  • Brown Athletic Hall of Fame, 2016

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
2020–21 No team—COVID-19
2021 Brown 2–8 1–6 T–6th
2022 Brown 3–7 1–6 8th
2023 Brown 5–5 3–4 T–5th
2024 Brown 3–7 2–5 T–6th
Brown: 15–35 8–27
Total: 27–45

Personal life

Perry is the uncle of E. J. Perry, who was also his quarterback at Brown from 2019 to 2021. His older brother is John Perry, who is also a football coach.

References

  1. "James Perry steps down as head football coach". Bryant University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Koch, Bill (January 3, 2017). "Bryant names James Perry, ex-Brown QB, as football coach". Providence Journal. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Holmes, Bob (June 28, 2020). "'It still motivates me.' A closer look at the impact of the Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete award". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  4. Koch, Bill (December 13, 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 December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. Burt, Bill (December 19, 2021). "Pro ambitions: Coach James Perry on his nephew E.J., 'He's ready'". yahoo.com. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  6. McGair, Brendan (September 25, 2017). "Bryant head coach James Perry has a sibling who works on the Texans' staff". Retrieved September 25, 2017 – via PressReader.

External links

Brown Bears starting quarterbacks
  • Willis Richardson (1899)
  • Henry Pratt (1900)
  • Earl Sprackling (1909–1911)
  • George Crowther (1912)
  • Jimmy Jemail (1915)
  • Clair Purdy (1919)
  • Roy Randall (1926)
  • John McLaughry (1940)
  • Carl Leone Jr. (1950)
  • Frank Finney (1956–1958)
  • Nicholas Pannes (1959)
  • Nelson Rohrbach (1960–1961)
  • James Dunda (1962–1964)
  • Robert Hall (1965–1966)
  • John McMahon (1966)
  • Harold Phillips (1967)
  • Bryan Marini (1968–1969)
  • Robert Flanders (1970)
  • Bob Zink (1971)
  • Pete Beatrice (1972–1974)
  • Bob Bateman (1975)
  • Paul Michalko (1976)
  • Mark Whipple (1977–1978)
  • Larry Carbone (1979–1980)
  • Hank Landers (1981)
  • Joe Potter (1982–1983)
  • Steve Kettleberger (1984–1985)
  • Mark Donovan (1986–1987)
  • Danny Clark (1988–1989)
  • Mike Lenkaitis (1990)
  • Jeff Barrett (1991)
  • Bill Pienias (1992)
  • Trevor Yankoff (1993)
  • Jason McCullough (1994–1996)
  • James Perry (1997–1999)
  • Eric Webber (2000)
  • Kyle Rowley (2001)
  • Kyle Slager (2002–2003)
  • Joe DiGiacomo (2004–2006)
  • Michael Dougherty (2007–2008)
  • Kyle Newhall-Caballero (2009, 2011)
  • Joe Springer (2010)
  • Patrick Donnelly (2012–2013)
  • Marcus Fuller (2014–2015)
  • Thomas Linta (2016–2017)
  • Michael McGovern (2018)
  • E. J. Perry (2019, 2021)
  • Jake Wilcox (2022–2023)
Bryant Bulldogs head football coaches
Brown Bears head football coaches
Head football coaches of the Ivy League
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