Don James
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- Seasons coached
- 25
- First season
- 1968
- Teams
- 3
Career
3 stints
- 1968–1970Coloradodc
- 1971–1974Kent StateHead Coach
- 1975–1992WashingtonHead Coach
Coaching tree
1 mentor, 36 protégés, 22 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
45
- 1992Chris TormeyMentored · Washington
- 1992Miles CorriganMentored · Washington
- 1992Rick MalloryMentored · Washington
- 1992Ron MilusMentored · Washington
- 1992Steve MortonMentored · Washington
- 1992Wayne DickensMentored · Washington
- 1991–1992Al LavanMentored · Washington
- 1991–1992Bill WentworthMentored · Washington
- 1990–1991Jeff MillsMentored · Washington
- 1989–1990Dave ChristensenMentored · Washington
- 1989–1991Keith GilbertsonMentored · Washington
- 1989Wayne AndersonMentored · Washington
- 1988–1992Randy HartMentored · Washington
- 1987Charlie HallMentored · Washington
- 1987Chris TormeyMentored · Washington
30 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
5
- 1993Jim LambrightSucceeded by · Washington
- 1975Dennis FitzgeraldSucceeded by · Kent State
- 1975Jim OwensSucceeded · Washington
- 1971Dave PuddingtonSucceeded · Kent State
- 1971Jerry ClaiborneSucceeded by · Colorado
Tenure
25 seasons
- WashingtonHead coach · 1975–199218
- Kent StateHead coach · 1971–19744
- ColoradoCoordinator · 1968–19703
Pipeline
8 of 8 coordinators
- 4 seasonsJeff Woodruffunder at Washington 1984 · head coach at Cholla HS (AZ)1996
- 1 seasonJim Lambrightunder at Washington 1975 · head coach at Washington1993
- 1 seasonKeith Gilbertsonunder at Washington 1989 · head coach at California1992
- 1 seasonGary Pinkelunder at Washington 1979 · head coach at Toledo1991
- 1 seasonBob Stullunder at Washington 1975 · head coach at Massachusetts1984
- 9 seasonsDick Scesniakunder at Kent State 1971 · head coach at Kent State1983
- 5 seasonsDick Scesniakunder at Washington 1975 · head coach at Kent State1983
- 6 seasonsJim E. Moraunder at Washington 1975 · head coach at Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars1983
- 1 seasonDennis Fitzgeraldunder at Kent State 1971 · head coach at Kent State1975
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Don James. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.