James Smith was an American college football coach.
He served as the head coach at Loyola College of Los Angeles—now known as Loyola Marymount University—in 1922.
A native of Los Angeles, California, Smith attended Los Angeles High School.
He attended college at the University of Southern California, where he played on the USC Trojans football team as a right end.
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