James Ellwood Ludwig (January 12, 1911 â January 29, 2001) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Bucknell University from 1944 to 1945 and Pennsylvania MilitaryâÂÂnow known as Widener UniversityâÂÂfrom 1947 to 1952, compiling a career college football coaching record of 33âÂÂ31âÂÂ3. Ludwig was the head basketball coach at Bucknell from 1943 to 1947 and Pennsylvania Military from 1947 to 1953, amassing a career college basketball coaching record of 105âÂÂ73. He was also the head baseball coach at Bucknell in 1944, tallying a mark of 10âÂÂ2.