James Colliflower (1911-1914; 1921-1922)
In 1962, the Washington Post called James Colliflower "the fellow who has a hand in everything that goes on around Washington." A lifelong Washingtonian, Colliflower was a part of the Georgetown community for six decades and twice served as its head basketball coach.
Born and raised in the Georgetown area of Washington, Colliflower was the son of Charles Colliflower, a West Virginia native who held a contract to supply coal to federal buildings. James followed his brother George onto campus at the preparatory school, graduating in 1902, then receiving his A.B. degree from the College in 1906, serving as a three year letterman while attending law school.
If Maurice Joyce built basketball at Georgetown, Colliflower gave it permanence. In 1909, school officials voted to end the sport, citing deficits by playing at expensive off-campus arenas. Colliflower, then the team captain, proposed keeping the team under the auspices of the law school which allowed it to survive in an era when law schools finances were largely separate from that of the College. Two years later, when Joyce stepped down as coach, Colliflower took over as coach during similarly lean years for the program financially and kept it in working order. In 1914, he turned over a solvent and stable program back to the College.
Colliflower took over the family business in the late 1910's, since renamed the Colliflower Coal Company. The work did not preclude him from additional sporting interests, however, earning a 37-4 record in three seasons coaching basketball at Navy and serving as a local basketball official. When John O'Reilly was sidelined for the 1921-22 Georgetown season, Colliflower stepped forward to coach the team, but did so without drawing a salary.
Coal was a prosperous profession for Colliflower, who served as the president of the Washington Board of Trade, and was an investor in many local developments, among them Uline Arena. In 1953, he was part of group of Georgetown alumni and local officials to select the first class of the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame.
James Colliflower was elected in the inaugural class one vote short of a unanimous selection, as Colliflower would not cast a vote for himself.
| Year | Record | Pct. | Home | Away |
| 1911-12 | 11-7 | 0.611 | 11-2 | 0-5 |
| 1912-13 | 11-5 | 0.688 | 8-2 | 3-3 |
| 1913-14 | 10-6 | 0.625 | 8-2 | 2-4 |
| 1921-22 | 11-3 | 0.786 | 10-0 | 1-3 |
| Totals | 43-21 | 0.671 | 37-6 | 6-16 |