James Kain "Pat" Dwyer[1] (August 30, 1884 – March 29, 1939) was an American football player and coach.

In 1907, Penn went 11–1, and was retroactively awarded a national championship by Parke H. Davis with other organizations naming Yale as champion.

[5] These Penn teams were led by All-Americans August Ziegler at guard and Dexter Draper at tackle.

In 1918, he succeeded another Penn alum, Byron W. Dickson as head coach of Scott High School in Toledo Ohio.

He was a levee contractor in the southern United States and a production engineer for the Hercules Powder Company before moving to Toledo to become general manager of the McCarthy Drill and Toll Corporation.