James Roland Kitts (June 14, 1900 – December 13, 1952) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

[1] Kitts was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1956.

[2] Kitts was hired as the head football coach at the University of Dallas in December 1923.

Kitts died on December 13, 1952, in El Paso, Texas.

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