James Coats (disambiguation)
James Coats was a British skeleton racer and baronet.
James Coats or Coates may also refer to:
- Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet, of the Coats baronets
- James B. Coats, Baptist minister and songwriter elected to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
- Jim Coates, former United States Major League Baseball pitcher
- James Coates , New Zealand sportsman and banker
- James Coates , parliamentary official and pioneer of Auckland, New Zealand
- James Coates, American minister and member of the Council of the District of Columbia
- James Coates
- James Henry Coates, America Union Army officer
- Jim Coats, Australian cricketer
- Jim Coates, American baseball pitcher