James Bell (American football)

James Bell is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi from 2003 to 2005 and Taylor University in Upland, Indiana from 2006 to 2007, compiling a career college football coaching record of 11–41.^[1]^[2]

James Bell
Playing career
1977–1980	Central Arkansas

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981	Central Arkansas (GA)
1982	Lamar (WR/TE)
1983–1985	Lamar (DB)
1986–1987	James Madison HS (TX) (DC)
1988–1992	Northwest Missouri State (DC/LB)
1993	Louisville (DC)
1994–1995	North Texas (DC)
1996	Wake Forest (DB)
1997–1999	Wake Forest (DC/DB)
2000–2001	Indiana (DC)
2002	Chávez HS (TX)
2003–2005	Jackson State
2006–2007	Taylor
2008	Veritas Sports Academy
2009–2010	Drew Central HS (AR)
2011–2012	St. James HS (LA)
2013	Jonesboro-Hodge HS (LA)

Head coaching record
Overall	11–41 (college)

Head coaching record Edit


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Jackson State Tigers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2003–2005)
2003	Jackson State	2–10	2–5	4th (East)
2004	Jackson State	4–7	3–4	4th (East)
2005	Jackson State	2–6^{[n 1]}	2–4^{[n 1]}	(East)^{[n 1]}
Jackson State:		8–23	7–13
Taylor Trojans (Mid-States Football Association) (2006–2007)
2006	Taylor	1–9	0–6	7th (MEL)
2007	Taylor	2–9	0–7	8th (MEL)
Taylor:		3–18	0–13
Total:		11–41

^ ^a ^b ^c Bell was fired after the first eight games of the season.^[3] Daryl Jones was appointed interim head coach and led Jackson State for the final three games of the season.^[4] The Tigers finished 2–9 overall and 2–7 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play, placing fifth in the East Division.

^ "Bell is picked to be football coach at Veritas". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
^ "Bell Chosen To Lead Taylor Football". Mid-States Football Association. February 27, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
^ "Struggling Jackson State University fires James Bell". Enterprise-Journal. November 1, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "JSU, Comegy come to terms on job". The Greenwood Commonwealth. December 8, 2005. Retrieved August 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.