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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (1931–2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jim Root
| image = Jim Root.jpeg
| number = 9, 17▼
| position = [[Quarterback]]
▲|number=9, 17
| birth_date = {{
| birth_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.▼
| death_date = {{
|draftyear=1953▼
| death_place = [[Orange Park, Florida]], U.S.
|draftround=23▼
| high_school = [[Libbey High School|Libbey]] (Toledo, Ohio)
|draftpick=268▼
| college = [[Miami RedHawks football|Miami (OH)]]
▲| draftyear = 1953
|pastteams=▼
▲| draftround = 23
▲| draftpick = 268
▲| pastteams =
* [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] (1953, 1956)
* [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (1954)
| pastcoaching
* [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane]] (1958–1959)
* [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]] (1960–1963)
* [[Dartmouth Big Green football|Dartmouth]] (1964)
* [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]] (1965–1967)
* [[New Hampshire Wildcats football|New Hampshire]] (1968–1971)
* [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary]] (1972–1979)
| statlabel1 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue1 = 11–16
| statlabel2 =
| statvalue2 =
| statlabel3 = [[Passer rating
| statvalue3 = 51.0
| pfr =
▲|birth_place=[[Toledo, Ohio]]
}}
'''James Frederic Root''' (August 17, 1931 – May 26, 2003) was an American [[gridiron football]] player and coach. He played professionally as a [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for two seasons with the [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] (1953, 1956) and in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) for one season with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] (1954). Root served as the head football coach at the [[University of New Hampshire]] from 1968 to 1971 and at the [[College of William & Mary]] from 1972 to 1979, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 57–62–2 in 12 seasons. Root was a native of [[Toledo, Ohio]]. He played college football at [[Miami University]] under [[Woody Hayes]] and [[Ara Parseghian]]. Root began his coaching career in 1958 as the backfield coach at [[Tulane University]]. He moved to the [[University of Miami]] as backfield coach in 1960. Root then coached for one season, in 1964, as offensive backfield coach at [[Dartmouth College]], before moving to [[Yale University]], where he served in the same capacity for three seasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Hampshire Tabs Root As Head Football Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2638196/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/ |newspaper=[[The San Bernardino County Sun]] |location=[[San Bernardino, California]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |date=January 4, 1968 |page=D-4 |access-date=June 19, 2015 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1968
| name = [[1968 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 4–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1969
| name = [[1969 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 1–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1970
| name = [[1970 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 3–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1971
| name = [[1971 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]]
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 3–2
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary
| conf = [[Southern Conference]]
| startyear = 1972
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1972
| name = [[1972 William & Mary
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–2
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| championship =
| year = [[1973 NCAA Division I football season|1973]]
| name = [[1973 William & Mary
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 3–2
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| championship =
| year = [[1974 NCAA Division I football season|1974]]
| name = [[1974 William & Mary
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–3
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| championship =
| year = [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975]]
| name = [[1975 William & Mary
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–3
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| championship =
| year = [[1976 NCAA Division I football season|1976]]
| name = [[1976 William & Mary
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–1
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[William & Mary Tribe football|William & Mary Indians/Tribe]]
| conf = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|NCAA Division I / I-A independent]]
| startyear = 1977
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| championship =
| year = [[1977 NCAA Division I football season|1977]]
| name = [[1977 William & Mary
| overall = 6–5
| conference =
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==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=jim-root |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=R/RootJi20 |rotoworld= }}
{{Chicago Cardinals 1953 draft navbox}}▼
{{Miami RedHawks quarterback navbox}}
{{Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback navbox}}
{{New Hampshire Wildcats football coach navbox}}
{{William & Mary Tribe football coach navbox}}
▲{{Chicago Cardinals 1953 draft navbox}}
{{AFCA Division II Coach of the Year}}
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