James Peterson is an American World and Olympic figure skating coach.

His former students include 2010 Olympians Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barrett, Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig and 2007 U.S. Novice and 2009 U.S.

[2] Peterson's students Denney/Barrett and Evora/Ladwig made up the entire US Olympic pair team contingency at the Vancouver Games.

In 2016 Peterson coached National Champions Tarah Kayne and Danny O'Shea, Junior title winners Joy Weinberg and Max Fernandez and National Novice champions Jonah Barret and Eli Kopmar completing a coaching “hat trick” that year.

Peterson and Evora/Will work with a variety of pair teams, including Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez, 2024 National bronze medalists and World Championship competitors.