James W. Dunn

James William Dunn (October 16, 1911 – April 9, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northeastern University from 1937 to 1941, compiling a record of 13–21–2 record. Dunn was also head basketball coach at Northeastern from 1937 to 1942, tallying a mark of 26–58.

Career Dunn was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania.

In February 1937, Dunn was named head football and basketball coach at Northeastern. He remained with the school until March 1942, when he entered the United States Army. In February 1946, he elected to remain in the Army and resigned his position at Northeastern. However, five months later, he returned to coaching as an assistant at Lafayette.

In 1947, Dunn became the varsity backfield coach at Brown. From 1949 to 1951, he was the defensive backfield coach at Yale.

In 1952, Dunn moved to the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union as an assistant to Peahead Walker with the Montreal Alouettes. Walker and Dunn had previously coached together at Yale. In 1961, he became an assistant under Steve Owen with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1963, he and Owen joined the Syracuse Stormers of the United Football League. In 1964, he returned to Canada as the backfield coach of the Toronto Argonauts. He returned to Montreal the following year as an assistant under Jim Trimble. Dunn then served as a football coach and teacher at Sanford High School in Sanford, Maine. He was relieved of his coaching duties prior to the 1970–71 school year.

Personal life In 1937, Dunn married Hilda Foley, a Somerville, Massachusetts schoolteacher and the daughter of state senator Louis Foley. They had two daughters.

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