James Jacob Cline (March 2, 1899 â July 19, 1969) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Southern Branch of the University of CaliforniaâÂÂnow known as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)âÂÂfrom 1923 to 1924, comping a record of 2âÂÂ10âÂÂ3.
Cline graduated from Pomona High School in Pomona, California, before attending the University of California, Berkeley, where he played for the California Golden Bears under head coach Andy Smith. He was later president of Cline Hardwood Co. in Los Angeles, where he died on July 19, 1969.