James Waldrop was the head baseball coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team from 1964 to 1965 and Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team from 1967 to 1972.
During his 9 seasons as head coach, he coached in 248 games, winning 98, losing 147 with 3 ties for a () winning percentage. Waldrop's record at LSU was 17âÂÂ24âÂÂ1 (9-18 SEC) over two seasons. His record at Southeastern Louisiana was 81âÂÂ123âÂÂ2 (19-17 conference record) over 7 seasons.
Waldrop also served as an assistant football coach for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team.
Waldrop was an All-Conference guard for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions basketball team. He was also a member of the Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team. In 1940, he scored a then-school single game record three touchdowns in a game. Waldrop later played minor league baseball.