James Lewis Ingles (1876 – January 2, 1936)[1] was an American
college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as
Virginia Tech—for one season in 1898, compiling a record of 3–2. He was also an alumnus of Virginia Tech.[2] Prior to that, he served as the head coach at
Roanoke College in
Salem, Virginia in 1897.[3]