James W. "Skip" Hazzard was an American college football player and coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College (Arkansas AM&N)—now known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff—for fourt seasons, from 1932 to 1934 and again in 1936, compiling a record of 19–14–5. Hazzard played football as a tackle for four seasons at Clark College—now known as Clark Atlanta University—and captained the basketball team, and ran on the track team before graduating in 1929. He then coached and served as ppathletic director at New Orleans University prior to his hiring at Arkansas AM&N in 1932.[1] He left Arkansas AM&N in 1935 to study at Iowa State University.[2]
