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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1896–1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{no footnotes|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = James B. Wilson
| image = Coach Jimmie Wilson - Buffalo.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|7|8}}
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|9|25|1896|7|8}}
| death_place = [[Clarence, New York]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1919
| player_team1 = [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]]
| player_years2 = 1922
| player_team2 = [[Buffalo All-Americans]]
| player_positions = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| coach_years1 = 1932–1933
| coach_team1 = [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]]
| coach_years2 = 1934–1938
| coach_team2 = [[Canisius Golden Griffins football|Canisius]] (freshmen)
| coach_years3 = 1939–1942
| coach_team3 = Canisius
| coach_years4 = 1948–1949
| coach_team4 = Canisius
| coach_years5 = 1950–1951
| coach_team5 = Buffalo
| overall_record = 40–30–7
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 4 [[Western New York Little Three Conference|Western New York Little Three]] (1939, 1941, 1948–1949)
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''James Bentley Wilson''' (July 8, 1896 – September 25, 1986) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]] from 1932 to 1933 and again from 1950 to 1951 and at [[Canisius College]] from 1939 to 1942 and again from 1948 to 1949, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 40–30–7.

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo Bulls]]
 | conf      = [[New York State Conference]]
 | startyear = 1932
 | endyear   = 1933
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1932 college football season|1932]]
 | name         = [[1932 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
 | overall      = 1–5–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1933 college football season|1933]]
 | name         = [[1933 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
 | overall      = 2–3–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Canisius Golden Griffins football|Canisius Golden Griffins]]
 | conf      = [[Western New York Little Three Conference]]
 | startyear = 1939
 | endyear   = 1942
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1939 college football season|1939]]
 | name         = [[1939 Canisius Golden Griffins football team|Canisius]]
 | overall      = 4–1–1
 | conference   = 2–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1940 college football season|1940]]
 | name         = Canisius
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 1–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
 | name         = Canisius
 | overall      = 3–4–1
 | conference   = 1–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1942 college football season|1942]]
 | name         = Canisius
 | overall      = 4–3–1
 | conference   = 1–0
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Canisius Golden Griffins football|Canisius Golden Griffins]]
 | conf      = [[Western New York Little Three Conference]]
 | startyear = 1948
 | endyear   = 1949
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1948 college football season|1948]]
 | name         = [[1948 Canisius Golden Griffins football team|Canisius]]
 | overall      = 7–2–1
 | conference   = 2–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [[Great Lakes Bowl|Great Lakes]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1949 college football season|1949]]
 | name         = Canisius
 | overall      = 5–2
 | conference   = 1–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Canisius
 | overall    = 28–15–4
 | confrecord = 8–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo Bulls]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1950
 | endyear   = 1951
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1950 college football season|1950]]
 | name         = [[1950 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
 | name         = [[1951 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
 | overall      = 4–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Buffalo
 | overall    = 12–15–3
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 40–30–7
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=jim-wilson-2 |pfr=W/WilsJi20}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, James B.}}
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1986 deaths]]
[[Category:American football ends]]
[[Category:Buffalo All-Americans players]]
[[Category:Buffalo Bulls football coaches]]
[[Category:Canisius Golden Griffins football coaches]]
[[Category:Cornell Big Red football players]]
[[Category:Coaches of American football from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Buffalo, New York]]


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