James Perry (American football)

James Perry
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Brown
Conference	Ivy League
Record	12–28
Playing career
1996–1999	Brown
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001	Dartmouth (assistant QB/WR)
2002–2003	Williams (QB/RC)
2004–2005	Maryland (GA)
2006	Delaware (RB)
2007–2009	Brown (QB/RC)
2010–2016	Princeton (OC)
2017–2018	Bryant
2019–present	Brown
Head coaching record
Overall	25–38

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.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Perry is the youngest of seven children by Massachusetts hall of fame track and field coach Ernest Perry Jr.^[2] While a student at Malden Catholic High School, Perry played football, basketball, and track, receiving the Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award in 1996.^[3] He played quarterback at Brown, earning a number of school and Ivy League passing records.^[3]

Perry served as the head coach at Bryant University from 2017 to 2018, where he posted a record of 12–10.^[2]

Honors and awards[edit]

Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award, 1996^[3]
Ivy League Player of the Year, 1999^[2]
Ivy League Bushnell Cup, 1999^[4]
Brown Athletic Hall of Fame, 2016^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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	No team^[a]
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	0–0	0–0
Brown:		12–28	6–22
Total:		25–38

^ Brown did not play in the 2020–21 school year due to COVID-19 concerns.

References[edit]

^ "James Perry steps down as head football coach". Bryant University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Koch, Bill (January 3, 2017). "Bryant names James Perry, ex-Brown QB, as football coach". Providence Journal. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holmes, Bob (28 June 2020). "'It still motivates me.' A closer look at the impact of the Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete award". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ Koch, Bill (13 December 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 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

External links[edit]

[5] Brown did not play in the 2020–21 school year due to COVID-19 concerns.

[1] "James Perry steps down as head football coach". Bryant University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[Koch-2] Koch, Bill (January 3, 2017). "Bryant names James Perry, ex-Brown QB, as football coach". Providence Journal. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[Holmes-3] Holmes, Bob (28 June 2020). "'It still motivates me.' A closer look at the impact of the Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete award". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[Bushnell_Cup-4] Koch, Bill (13 December 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 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

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