Jimmy Allen (basketball)
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 Allen in 2020. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Emory & Henry |
| Conference | SAC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 15, 1971 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | Emory & Henry |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1996 | Emory & Henry (assistant) |
| 1996–2002 | Navy (assistant) |
| 2002–2004 | Wofford (assistant) |
| 2004–2010 | Averett |
| 2010–2016 | Army (assistant) |
| 2016–2023 | Army |
| 2023–2024 | New Hampshire (AHC) |
| 2024–present | Emory & Henry |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 195–182 (.517) |
James Byars Allen Jr.[1] (born June 15, 1971) is an American college basketball coach. He was named the head men's basketball coach at Emory & Henry College on May 17, 2024.[2] Allen was the head men's basketball coach at the United States Military Academy (Army) from 2016 to 2023 [3] and was the head men's basketball coach at Averett University in Danville, Virginia from 2004 to 2010.
Born in El Paso, Texas, Allen lived in West Point, New York for much of his childhood; his father was a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy who served in the U.S. Army for 20 years.[4][5] In eleventh grade, he moved to Roanoke, Virginia, where he graduated from Northside High School in 1989.[4] At Emory & Henry College, Allen was a four-year starter for the Emory & Henry Wasps, playing in 117 games and ranked second all-time in assists with 455, and fourth all-time in steals with 162. In 2008, he was inducted in the Emory & Henry Athletic Hall of Fame.[1] Allen graduated from Emory & Henry in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in accounting.[5]