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 (1834–1913), of the Coats baronets
 * James B. Coats, Baptist minister and songwriter elected to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
 * Jim Coates (1932–2019), former United States Major League Baseball pitcher
 * James Coates (banker) (1851–1935), New Zealand sportsman and banker
 * James Coates (parliamentary official) (1815–1854), parliamentary official and pioneer of Auckland, New Zealand
 * James Coates (politician), American minister and member of the Council of the District of Columbia
 * James Coates (British Army officer) (1740–1822)
 * James Henry Coates, America Union Army officer
 * Jim Coats, Australian cricketer
 * Jim Coates, American baseball pitcher