James Blackmon Sr. (born August 7, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former noted college and high school player.
Blackmon has coached two teams to the class 2A high school basketball championship in Indiana, winning back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009.
Past players coached by Blackmon include Deshaun Thomas, the 2010 Indiana Mr. Basketball and holder of 3rd place in the list of the state's all-time leading scorers.
In April 2013, Blackmon resigned as head coach to accept the position offered to him two years earlier at Marion High School.
[4][6][7] Later that same month, in a dramatic change of events, Blackmon sent his letter of resignation to Marion and announced that he would be retaining his position as head coach at Bishop Luers.
[10] On April 24, 2013, the Marion Community Schools board voted unanimously to offer the position to Blackmon after the recent resignation of the prior head basketball coach.
Conference tournament champion * – Blackmon served a one-game suspension issued by the IHSAA in the first game of the 2011/12 season, won by the Knights.