James Hillyer (March 23, 1928 – February 19, 1991) was an American football coach.
[1][2] Hillyer attended Solomon Coles High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he starred in football and basketball.
He played college football as a fullback at Samuel Huston College—now known as Huston–Tillotson University.
Hillyer was the head football coach at Dunbar High School in Lubbock, Texas for seven seasons, compiling a record of 51–6–5.
[3] This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1970s is a stub.