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Donald Earl James (December 31, 1932 – October 20, 2013) was an
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player and coach. He served as the head coach at
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from 1971 to 1974 and at the
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from 1975 to 1992, compiling a career
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record of His 1991 Washington team won a share of the
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after completing a season with a decisive win over
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in the Rose Bowl. James was inducted into the
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as a coach


Early years

James was born in 1932 at his family's home on the outskirts of
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. He was the fourth of five sons. Four of the five played football, and the eldest,
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, starred at
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on the 1942
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team, and played professional football for a decade James attended
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, played quarterback for the football team (1948, 1949), and graduated


College football and military service

James attended the
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on a football scholarship, and was the Hurricanes'
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in 1952 and 1953. He set Miami single-season records for completions (121), yards (1,363), and completion percentage (56.9%). He earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1954, and was commissioned as a
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in the
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. James was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.


Coaching career


Assistant coaching positions

James was a graduate assistant for the Jayhawks at the
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under his former high school coach,
Chuck Mather Charles V. Mather (April 17, 1915 – May 20, 2006) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 1954 until 1957, compiling a record of 11–26–3. Mather was the high school coach of Do ...
, and received a
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in education. He coached
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in
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at
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in 1959, then was a college assistant coach for twelve seasons at
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,
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, and
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.


Kent State

James became a head coach in
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at Kent State in his native Ohio, where he had a record in four years. There he coached future NFL great Jack Lambert, current college head coach
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of
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, and former head coach
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of
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. During his four seasons at Kent, the Golden Flashes won their only
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(MAC) title in
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, and played in their first
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, the Tangerine Bowl. The 1973 team posted the best record in program history at 9–2.


Washington

In December 1974, James was hired by
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(UW)
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to succeed as head coach of the His original contract was for four years, starting at $28,000 per year. Like Owens, James served as Husky head coach for 18 seasons, from
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until August 1993. He led the
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to a
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in
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. While at Washington, James' teams won four
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, the
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in January 1985, and had a record in all bowl games. Overall, James tallied a record at Washington, including a then-record 98 wins in Pacific-10 Conference play. (Against the five current North division opponents of the Pac-12, his record was Washington won 22 consecutive games from November 1990 to November 1992. James won national college coach of the year honors in 1977, 1984, and 1991. He was inducted into the
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in 1997. In early November
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, it was revealed that several Huskies players had received improper benefits. Among them, starting quarterback
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had received a series of loans totaling $50,000 made by a friend's father-in-law. At the time, the defending national champion Huskies were undefeated (8–0), ranked first in the AP poll, and second in the coaches' poll. While it was later determined the loan was neither an NCAA violation nor an institutional violation, this was the first in a series of reports by ''
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'' and ''
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'' that initiated Pacific-10 Conference and NCAA investigations. These led to charges that Washington exhibited "lack of institutional control" over its handling of recruiting funds for on-campus visits and a Los Angeles
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summer jobs program. The Huskies received sanctions from both the
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and Pacific-10 Conference. Though notably James and the coaching staff were not specifically cited as having broken any rules, James resigned from his head coaching position on August 22, 1993, in protest of what were considered unfair sanctions against his team for minor, unsubstantiated, or fabricated infractions. Though university president William Gerberding and athletic director Barbara Hedges had presented James the final list of penalties that all Pac-10 parties had agreed best for the football program and athletics, Gerberding argued in favor of altering the penalties against the program from a two-year TV revenue ban and one-year bowl ban, to a one-year TV revenue ban and two-year In a 2006 interview with columnist Blaine Newnham of ''The Seattle Times'', James said his resignation from head coaching "probably saved


Family and later years

James married his high school sweetheart, Carol Hoobler, a Massillon native who followed James to Miami where she became a cheerleader. They were married in August 1952 and had three children: Jeff, Jill, and Jeni. On October 10, 2004 the coach raised the Seattle Seahawks 12 flag before a game at Quest Field vs. the St. Louis Rams. James died of
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at his Kirkland residence in 2013 at age 80. In October 2017, the University of Washington unveiled a bronze statue of James in the northwest plaza of


Head coaching record

* Wins by MSU and
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in ( 1977) and ASU in ( 1979) were later vacated, yielding James' overall record in Washington and conference record in . Overall James' record yielding . However those wins are recognized by Washington they aren't recognized by NCAA.


Pac-10 opponents

James' record at Washington against conference opponents (1975–1992) :† excludes non-conference loss to ASU ( WAC) in
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* Wins by
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( 1977) and ASU ( 1979) were later vacated, yielding


Coaching tree

James worked under five head coaches: *
Chuck Mather Charles V. Mather (April 17, 1915 – May 20, 2006) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 1954 until 1957, compiling a record of 11–26–3. Mather was the high school coach of Do ...
,
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(1956–1957) *
Perry Moss Perry Lee Moss (August 4, 1926 – August 7, 2014) was an American football player, coach, and executive. Moss played tailback at the University of Tulsa and quarterback at Illinois during the 1940s. As a Tulsa tailback, he was on the Orange Bo ...
,
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(1959) *
Bill Peterson William E. Peterson (May 15, 1920 – August 5, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. His career included head coaching stops at Florida State University, Rice University and with the Houston Oilers of ...
, Florida (1960–1965) *
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,
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(1966–1967) *
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,
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(1968–1970) Thirteen of James' assistant coaches became head coaches in the NCAA or NFL: *
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, Kent State (1975–1977) * Dick Scesniak, Kent State (1983–1985) *
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, UMass (1984–1985),
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(1986–1988),
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(1989–1993) *
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,
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(1986–1988),
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(1992–1995),
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(2003–2004) *
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,
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(1986–1996),
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(1998–2001) *
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, Toledo (1990),
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(1995–1999),
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(2005–2006),
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(2007–present) *
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, Toledo (1991-2000),
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(2001-2015) *
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, Washington (1993–1998) *
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, Denison (1993–1999) * Chris Tormey, Idaho (1995–1999),
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(2000–2003) *
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,
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(2000–2003) *
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,
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(2004–2010) * Jim L. Mora,
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(2004–2006),
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(2009),
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(2012–2017),
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(2022–present)


See also

*
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External links

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