James Perry (American football)
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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]
 Perry in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Brown |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 15–35 |
| 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 | 27–45 |
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]
| 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 | ||||||||
Perry is the uncle of E. J. Perry, who was also his quarterback at Brown from 2019 to 2021.[5] His older brother is John Perry, who is also a football coach.[6]
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