Jim Weaver (sportsperson)

James H. Weaver (1903 – July 11, 1970) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1933 to 1936, compiling a record of 10–23–1.

As athletic director at Wake Forest, one of his most notable actions was the development of the golf program, including the recruitment and award of a scholarship to Arnold Palmer.

In 1919 he matriculated at Emory and Henry College, where he played football, basketball, and baseball.

He returned to North Carolina to become the football coach at Oak Ridge Military Academy in 1928, serving in that capacity for five years.