Jason James (basketball)

Jason James
Sport(s) Basketball
Biographical details
Born St. Louis, Missouri
Playing career
1996-2000 Graceland University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002
2002–2009
2009–2014
Forest Park Comm. College (asst.)
Tennessee–Martin (asst.)
Tennessee–Martin

Jason James is an American college basketball coach and was the men's coach at University of Tennessee at Martin. He was fired in March 2014 from his position.

Coaching career

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.[1]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks[2] (Ohio Valley Conference) (2009–present)
2009-10 Tennessee–Martin 4-25 1-17 9th of 10
2010-11 Tennessee–Martin 12-21 6-12 7th of 10 1-1 (OVC)
2011-12 Tennessee–Martin 4-27 0-16 11th of 11
2012-13 Tennessee–Martin 9-21 6-21 5th West
2013-14 Tennessee–Martin 8-23 3-13 5th West
Tennessee–Martin: 37-117 16-69
Total: 37-117

      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

References