| James Perry | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Brown |
| Current Conference: | Ivy League |
| Current Record: | 15–35 |
| Player Years1: | 1996–1999 |
| Player Team1: | Brown |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 2001 |
| Coach Team1: | Dartmouth (assistant QB/WR) |
| Coach Years2: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team2: | Williams (QB/RC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team3: | Maryland (GA) |
| Coach Years4: | 2006 |
| Coach Team4: | Delaware (RB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2007–2009 |
| Coach Team5: | Brown (QB/RC) |
| Coach Years6: | 2010–2016 |
| Coach Team6: | Princeton (OC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team7: | Bryant |
| Coach Years8: | 2019–present |
| Coach Team8: | Brown |
| Overall Record: | 27–45 |
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 is the youngest of seven children by Massachusetts hall of fame track and field coach Ernest Perry Jr. While a student at Malden Catholic High School, Perry played football, basketball, and track, receiving the Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award in 1996. He played quarterback at Brown, earning a number of school and Ivy League passing records.
Perry served as the head coach at Bryant University from 2017 to 2018, where he posted a record of 12–10.[2]
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]