James Donald "Jimmy" Skinner (January 12, 1917 – July 11, 2007) was the Head Coach, Chief Scout & Farm Director, Director of Player Personnel, and General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. He was inducted into the Detroit Red Wings Hall of Fame in 1977, a member of the Flin Flon Hockey Hall of Fame & inducted into the Windsor Essex County Sports Hall of Fame as a Founder in 2006. He was also inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in the "Builder" category. He died in Windsor, Ontario in 2007, the city he lived in from 1945.