James Livingston White Jr. (January 12, 1893 – December 10, 1949) was an American

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and

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head coach for three different

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universities, the

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Wake Forest College Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ...

and the

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, in the 1910s and 1920s. He also served as the

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for Wake Forest and Florida.

Early life and education

White was born in

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in 1893. UVA sources claim he spent time in

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. He attended the University of Virginia in

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, where he played for the Virginia football team from 1913 to 1916,VirginiaSports.com, Football
Cavalier Letterwinners
Retrieved April 25, 2011. the

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team from 1914 to 1917. and the Virginia basketball team from 1915 to 1917. The

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and

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Virginia teams claim regional titles. He graduated from Virginia with a

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. During the

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, he played for the

1917 Camp Gordon football team The 1917 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, during the 1917 college football season. The team was led by a backfield of former Auburn back and war hero Kirk Newell, former Mercer back Cochran, former Georgi ...

Coaching career

White coached the University of Virginia baseball team while he was an undergraduate in 1917, and again in 1920.VirginiaSports.com, Baseball
All-Time Results
Retrieved April 25, 2011. In two seasons as his alma mater's head baseball coach, he compiled a win–loss–tie record of 13–9–1. In the fall of 1920, White became the athletic director for Wake Forest College, then located in

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. He also served as the head coach of the Wake Forest Fighting Baptists football team in 1920 and 1921,College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records
J.L. White Records By Year
. Retrieved April 25, 2011. the Fighting Baptists basketball team from 1920 to 1921,''2010–11 Wake Forest Men's Basketball Media Guide''
Record Book
All-Time Results, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, p. 108 (2010). Retrieved April 25, 2011. and the Fighting Baptists baseball team in 1921.''2011 Wake Forest Baseball Media Guide''
Year-by-Year Results
, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, p. 102 (2011). Retrieved April 26, 2011. He compiled win–loss records of 4–15 in football,''2010 Wake Forest Football Media Guide''
Year-by-Year Results
, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, pp. 152 & 193 (2010). Retrieved April 26, 2011. 7–10 in men's basketball, and 15–5–3 in baseball. He resigned in December 1921. In 1923, White accepted the athletic director position at the University of Florida in

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. While at Florida, he also coached the Florida Gators basketball team from 1923 to 1925,''2010–11 Florida Gators Men's Basketball Media Guide''
Gator History & Records
, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 113, 123–124 (2010). Retrieved April 24, 2011. the Gators track and field team in 1924,
2010 University of Florida Track & Field Media Guide
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 136 (2009). Retrieved April 26, 2011. and the Gators baseball team in 1925.
2011 Florida Gators Baseball Media Supplement
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 109 & 112 (2011). Retrieved April 24, 2011. During his stints as coach, he led the Gators basketball team to a 7–17 record in two seasons, and the Gators baseball team to 3–6 in a single season.

Cavalier football tradition

White's son, James L. White, III, also played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1939 to 1941, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1942. White died December 10, 1949; he was 56 years old.

Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

Baseball

References

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