James Morrison (November 2, 1871 â May 15, 1939) was an American college football player, coach, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Add-Ran Christian UniversityâÂÂnow known as Texas Christian University (TCU)âÂÂin 1898 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)âÂÂnow known as Virginia TechâÂÂin 1899, compiling a career college football record of 5âÂÂ4âÂÂ1. Morrison graduated from the University of Virginia with a medical degree in 1898. He was later a pioneering otolaryngologist specialist in the south.