 Driver pictured in The Colonial Echo 1920, William & Mary yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 10, 1889 Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 1975 (aged 86) Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1909 | William & Mary |
| 1910 | Virginia |
| Basketball | |
| 1905–1907 | William & Mary |
| 1908–1910 | William & Mary |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1916 | Newberry |
| 1919–1920 | William & Mary |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1913 | South Carolina |
| 1919–1923 | William & Mary |
| Baseball | |
| 1912–1913 | South Carolina |
| 1920–1923 | William & Mary |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1919–1923 | William & Mary |
| 1929–1935 | Virginia |
| 1935–1937 | Virginia (graduate manager) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–13–1 (football) 36–24 (basketball) 56–39–1 (baseball) |
James Glenn Driver (August 10, 1889 – October 1975) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Newberry College in 1916 and at The College of William & Mary from 1919 to 1920, compiling a career college football record of 11–13–1. He was also the head basketball coach at the University of South Carolina from 1911 to 1913 and at William & Mary from 1919 to 1923, amassing a career college basketball record of 36–24. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at South Carolina from 1912 to 1913 and at William & Mary from 1920 to 1923, tallying a career college baseball mark of 56–39–1. Driver served as the athletic director at William & Mary from 1919 to 1923 and at the University of Virginia from 1929 to 1935.
In 1988, Driver was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.