James Allen "Babe" Brown (July 31, 1900 – June 23, 1965)[1] was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.

Brown moved up to the varsity as an assistant to head coach Francis Schmidt in 1942, but the football program went on hiatus prior to the 1943 season.

[11][12] Brown led the UI basketball team to the northern division title of the PCC in his fourth and final season in 1946.

[7] In 1956, Brown was hired at the College of Idaho in Caldwell as athletic director, and also served as the head coach for basketball and baseball.

[21][22] Brown died in his sleep at age 64 of an apparent heart attack in June 1965 at his home in Caldwell,[6] a week before his official retirement date.