James A. Brown
| Sport(s) |
Football (Basketball, Baseball) |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 31, 1900 Star, Idaho |
| Died | June 23, 1965 (aged 64) Caldwell, Idaho |
| Alma mater | University of Idaho, 1924 |
| Playing career | |
| 1920–22 | Idaho |
| Position(s) | Back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–24 | Idaho - (assistant) |
| 1925–2x | Lewiston HS (ID) |
| 1932–34 | Burley HS (ID) |
| 1935–40 | Moscow HS (ID) |
| 1941–42 | Idaho - (assistant) |
| 1945–46 | Idaho |
| 1947–55 | Nampa HS (ID) |
| 1958–64 | College of Idaho |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–2x | Lewiston HS (ID) |
| 1932–35 | Burley HS (ID) |
| 1935–41 | Moscow HS (ID) |
| 1941–42 | Idaho - (assistant) |
| 1942–46 | Idaho |
| 1947–56 | Nampa HS (ID) |
| 1956–61 | College of Idaho |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1943–46 | Idaho - (interim) |
| 1956–65 | College of Idaho |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–55–1 (.331) - football 134–127 (.513) - basketball |
James Allen "Babe" Brown (July 31, 1900 – June 23, 1965) was an American football coach and athletic director. He was the head coach in basketball and football at the University of Idaho in Moscow, and later a three-sport coach and athletic director at the College of Idaho in Caldwell. He also coached multiple sports at four high schools in Idaho: Lewiston, Burley, Moscow, and Nampa.
Born in the farming community of Star in southwestern Idaho, Brown graduated from Boise High School in 1919 and was a multi-sport athlete at the University of Idaho in Moscow, where he lettered in football, wrestling, and baseball. He was a hard-hitting fullback on the football team under head coaches Thomas Kelley and R.L. "Matty" Mathews. His senior season was Idaho's first as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference. He was also a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Following his playing days, Brown was an assistant at Idaho under Mathews, then became a high school coach in 1925 at Lewiston High School, and won the state title in basketball in 1926. After several years with the Bengals, he left coaching for two years to work in private business in southern Idaho, then returned to coaching in 1932 at Burley High School for three seasons. He returned to north Idaho to coach at Moscow High School in 1935, taking over the Bears' program from Gale Mix.
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