James M. Patton (born c. 1918) was an American football player and coach.
Patton played college football as a guard and quarterback at Oklahoma A&M for three years before graduating in 1938.
[1][2] After graduating, he served as the athletic director and football and basketball coach at Marietta, Oklahoma.
He played on the 1942 Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team.
In August 1953, he was named the acting head coach of the New Mexico A&M football team.