James Henry Crowley (January 5, 1888 – February 7, 1935) was an American basketball coach and physical education instructor, who served as head coach of the Boston College Eagles and associate director of physical education for Boston Public Schools.
[1] On May 8, 1908, Crowley was hired as an athletic coach and physical education instructor at the High School of Commerce in Boston.
On February 5, 1934, Crowley succeeded Frederick J. O’Brien as associate director of physical education for the school district.
[5] On January 28, 1935, Crowley entered Boston City Hospital for surgery to treat a long-term illness.
On February 7, 1935, he jumped from the window of his hospital room and fell fifty feet onto a concrete tunnel.