James Allen Wooldridge (born August 22, 1955) is an American former college basketball coach and athletics administrator.
Playing at guard for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs under head coach Emmett Hendricks from 1974 to 1977,[1] Wooldridge was part of the Louisiana Tech team that won the 1976 Southland Conference regular season title.
In three seasons, Texas State improved from 7–20 in 1991–92 to 25–7 with the Southland Conference men's basketball tournament title in 1993–94.
After debuting with a 14–13 record, Wooldridge was less successful at Louisiana Tech than his previous two head coaching jobs.
[4] From 1998 to 2000, Wooldridge was an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA under former college teammate Tim Floyd.
[4] After stepping down as head coach of UC Riverside basketball, Wooldridge was named interim athletic director at UC Riverside in July 2013 and later named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics in January 2014.
[10] In July 2015, Wooldridge was named interim athletic director at Riverside City College.