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Don James (born December 31, 1932, in Massillon, Ohio
Massillon, Ohio

Massillon is a city in Stark County, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 31,325 at the United States Census 2000.Massillon, along with neighboring Canton, Ohio, are principal cities of the Canton–Massillon Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
) is a former college football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 coach at Kent State
Kent State University

Kent State University is one of America's largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio and the largest residential university in northeast Ohio....
 and Washington
Washington Huskies football

College football has a long and storied history at the University of Washington. Over the years the Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference Championships, 7 Rose Bowl Game Titles and 3 National Championships....
.

James played quarterback
Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American football and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center , in the middle of the Lineman ....
 for the University of Miami
University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....
, where he set five school passing records. He then received a Master's Degree
Master's degree

A master's degree provides a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of profession. Within the area studied, graduates possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theory and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, Critical thinking and/or professional application; and the ability to problem solving a...
 in Education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
 from the University of Kansas
University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
.

971, James became the head football coach at Kent State
Kent State University

Kent State University is one of America's largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio and the largest residential university in northeast Ohio....
, where he compiled a 25-19 record (.568) in four years, and coached future NFL
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 great Jack Lambert and current college head coaches Nick Saban
Nick Saban

Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide Football college football team. Saban has previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other National Collegiate Athletic Association universities: LSU Tigers football, Michigan State Spartans football and Toledo Rockets....
 of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Gary Pinkel
Gary Pinkel

Gary Robin Pinkel is the head college football coach of the University of Missouri. Pinkel, who has been coaching at Missouri since the 2001 season, previously coached at the University of Toledo, where he experienced success in the Mid-American Conference, winning a conference championship with the Rockets in 1995....
 of the Missouri Tigers
Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri....
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Don James (born December 31, 1932, in Massillon, Ohio
Massillon, Ohio

Massillon is a city in Stark County, Ohio in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 31,325 at the United States Census 2000.Massillon, along with neighboring Canton, Ohio, are principal cities of the Canton–Massillon Canton-Massillon metropolitan area....
) is a former college football
College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
 coach at Kent State
Kent State University

Kent State University is one of America's largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio and the largest residential university in northeast Ohio....
 and Washington
Washington Huskies football

College football has a long and storied history at the University of Washington. Over the years the Washington Huskies have won 15 Pacific-10 Conference Championships, 7 Rose Bowl Game Titles and 3 National Championships....
.

James played quarterback
Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American football and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center , in the middle of the Lineman ....
 for the University of Miami
University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 in the city of Coral Gables, Florida, Florida, United States, a historic suburb of Miami, Florida....
, where he set five school passing records. He then received a Master's Degree
Master's degree

A master's degree provides a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of profession. Within the area studied, graduates possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theory and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, Critical thinking and/or professional application; and the ability to problem solving a...
 in Education
Education

File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
 from the University of Kansas
University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
.

Coaching career

In 1971, James became the head football coach at Kent State
Kent State University

Kent State University is one of America's largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio and the largest residential university in northeast Ohio....
, where he compiled a 25-19 record (.568) in four years, and coached future NFL
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 great Jack Lambert and current college head coaches Nick Saban
Nick Saban

Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide Football college football team. Saban has previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other National Collegiate Athletic Association universities: LSU Tigers football, Michigan State Spartans football and Toledo Rockets....
 of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Gary Pinkel
Gary Pinkel

Gary Robin Pinkel is the head college football coach of the University of Missouri. Pinkel, who has been coaching at Missouri since the 2001 season, previously coached at the University of Toledo, where he experienced success in the Mid-American Conference, winning a conference championship with the Rockets in 1995....
 of the Missouri Tigers
Missouri Tigers

The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri....
. During his tenure in Kent, the Golden Flashes
Kent State Golden Flashes

Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of whom play in the Mid-American Conference and in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I ....
 won their only Mid-American Conference
Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I List of college athletic conferences with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from New York to Illinois....
 title in 1972, and played in their last bowl game, the 1972 Tangerine Bowl
Capital One Bowl

The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl ....
.

In December 1974, Don James was hired by UW athletic director
Athletic director

Athletic director is a position at many United States colleges and university, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coach and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs....
 Joseph Kearney
Joseph Kearney

Dr. Joseph L. ?Joe? Kearney is a renowned coach and sports administrator in university athletics....
 to succeed the now late Jim Owens, d. 1/3/09 as head coach at the University of Washington
University of Washington

University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States. Also known as Washington and locally as UW or the U, it is the largest university in the northwestern United States and the oldest public university on the west coast....
. James served in this capacity for 18 seasons (1975-92). Highlights include guiding his Washington teams to the national championship in 1991, six Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl Game

The Rose Bowl Game is an annual United States college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California for 95 years....
s (4 wins, 2 losses), an Orange Bowl
Orange Bowl (game)

The Orange Bowl is an annual United States of America college football bowl game played in Dolphin Stadium just outside Miami, Florida, Florida....
 title in January 1985 and fifteen bowl games (10 wins, 5 losses) in eighteen years. In all, James compiled a 153-57-2 record (.726) at Washington , including a then-record 98 wins in Pac-10
Pacific Ten Conference

The Pacific-10 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences which operates in the western United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I; its college football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition....
 conference play. Washington won 22 consecutive games from 1990-92.

James was named national college coach of the year in 1984 and 1991. He resigned from his head coaching position on August 22, 1993, to protest against what he considered unfair NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 and Pac-10
Pacific Ten Conference

The Pacific-10 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences which operates in the western United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I; its college football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition....
 sanctions against his team. . In 1997, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend, Indiana, USA, is a Hall of Fame and museum devoted to college football. It is situated in the renovated downtown district, near convention centers and not far from the campus of University of Notre Dame....
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