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James Kearins is a former Gaelic footballer. Kearins played for St Patrick's football club and was manager of the Sligo county team. Mickey Kearins is a brother of James Kearins.

James Kearins played for Sligo from 1974 until 1987.^[1] In 1975 he won a Connacht Senior Football Championship medal. In 1995 Kearins led Ballymote to a Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. In 2000 Kearins led Bunninadden to their first Sligo Senior Football Championship title in over eight decades.^[2] In 2003 he was appointed manager of Sligo’s senior football team,^[3]^[4] a position that involves setting game strategies and supervising the team’s coach. He was simultaneously made manager of Sligo’s team for players under age 21.^[3] Kearins resigned as Sligo manager at the end of 2004, reportedly over a disagreement about the inaugural Tommy Murphy Cup.^[5]

Kearins worked for Garda Síochána, the national police service of Ireland. Kearins’ Garda assignments included Sargeant in Ballymote, and Detective Inspector for 5 years during part of which he was stationed in Carrick-on-Shannon.^[1] From in 2007 until his retirement in 2010, Kearins was Sligo's Garda Superintendent.^[6] Garda officers have a long history of representing the police service in Gaelic athletics.