James E. Barry - Misplaced Pages

American baseball and football coach (1884–1941)

James E. Barry
Biographical details
Barry pictured in The Colonial Echo 1908, William & Mary yearbook
Born	(1884-09-18)September 18, 1884 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Died	December 23, 1941(1941-12-23) (aged 57) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1905	Virginia
Football
c. 1905	Virginia

Position(s)	End (football) Left fielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906	William & Mary (assistant)
1907	William & Mary
1908	William & Mary (assistant)
Baseball
1907	William & Mary

Head coaching record
Overall	6–3 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 EVIAA (1907)

James Edward Barry (September 18, 1884 – December 23, 1941) was an American college football and college baseball coach. He was the head coach of the College of William & Mary's baseball and football teams for their respective 1907 seasons.

A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Barry attended the University of Virginia, where he played football in 1905 as an end and baseball as a left fielder. He began coaching the football team at William & Mary in 1906 and assisted George E. O'Hearn with coaching the 1908 William & Mary Orange and White football team.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
William & Mary Orange and White (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907)
1907	William & Mary	6–3	2–1	T–1st
William & Mary:		6–3	2–1
Total:		6–3
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

v t e William & Mary Tribe head baseball coaches
No coach (1902–1904) J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906) James E. Barry (1907) H. B. White (1908) George E. O'Hearn (1909–1910) Frederick R. Savage & William J. Young (1911) Unknown (1912–1913) Dexter W. Draper (1914–1916) Samuel H. Hubbard (1917) Bathurst Peachy (1918) Vernon Geddy (1919) James G. Driver (1920–1923) J. Wilder Tasker (1924–1928) Harry Young (1929–1930) John Kellison (1931–1934) Bill Scott (1935–1937) John Kellison (1938) Rube McCray (1939–1941) Albert H. Werner (1941–1942) No team (1943–1945) Sam B. Holt (1946) Richard F. Gallagher (1947) Marvin Bass (1948) Orlin Rogers (1949) Howard Smith (1950–1951) H. Lester Hooker (1952) Eric Tipton (1953–1957) Ed Derringe (1958–1959) Joe Agee (1960–1964) Maynard Weber (1965) H. Lester Hooker (1966–1970) Bo Rein (1971) George Pearce (1972) Les Roes (1973) Tony Zontini (1974) Ed Jones (1975–1978) Maynard Weber (1979–1981) Ed Jones & Maynard Weber (1982) Ed Jones (1983–1985) Joe Breeden (1986–1987) Chris Rankin (1988) Bill Harris (1989–1992) Jim Farr (1993–2005) Frank Leoni (2006–2012) Jamie Pinzino (2013) Brian Murphy (2014–2021) Mike McRae (2022–2024) Rob McCoy (2025– )

v t e William & Mary Tribe head football coaches
No coach (1893) John W. Wright (1894) No team (1895) Bill Armstrong (1896) W. J. King (1897–1898) William H. Burke (1899) W. J. King (1900) No coach (1901–1902) Harold J. Davall (1903) J. Merrill Blanchard (1904–1905) H. W. Withers (1906) James E. Barry (1907) George E. O'Hearn (1908–1909) J. Merrill Blanchard (1910) William J. Young (1911–1912) Dexter W. Draper (1913–1915) Samuel H. Hubbard (1916) Harry Young (1917) Vernon Geddy (1918) James G. Driver (1919–1920) Bill Fincher (1921) Bill Ingram (1922) J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1927) Branch Bocock (1928–1930) John Kellison (1931–1934) Thomas Dowler (1935) Branch Bocock (1936–1938) Carl M. Voyles (1939–1942) No team (1943) Rube McCray (1944–1950) Marvin Bass (1951) Jack Freeman (1952–1956) Milt Drewer (1957–1963) Marv Levy (1964–1968) Lou Holtz (1969–1971) Jim Root (1972–1979) Jimmye Laycock (1980–2018) Mike London (2019– )

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