Served as head basketball coach at Wesley College for 40 years winning 502 games. During this period he also coached baseball 2 years, track 2 years and football as assistant 5 years. He was Wesley’s Athletic Director 11 years. Jim played a key role in Wesley’s athletic growth process, establishing Wesley as a Junior College basketball powerhouse, then establishing the school’s solid Division III program. Jim's 1965-66 squad was the most successful in Wesley men's basketball history. That team finished 24-3 and was ranked 10th among the nation's junior colleges. In Division III, his team won the Wild Goose Classic Tournament 1986-87 at Washington College and the Eastern States Athletic Conference Tournament 1986-87 and 1987-88. Ten of his players went on to coach college level and nine went on to coach at high schools. Jim received an honorary doctorate from Wesley in 1999, one of only 23 persons so honored at Wesley. Other honors he received were: Wesley Professor Emeritus; the Athletic Hall of Fame at Wesley College and Pfeiffer University, his alma mater; the Wesley College gymnasium is named “Jim and Shirley Wentworth Gymnasium”. Jim received the Lower Delaware Gridiron Club President’s Award of Excellence in 2002. He received the National Association of Basketball Coaches Outstanding Service Award for Division III.
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