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

• Jimmy Coates, a series of children's books
• Coats (surname)

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