Jim Copeland (March 5, 1945 – June 4, 2010) was an offensive lineman who played for eight seasons in the National Football League. He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1945 and attended the University of Virginia. He was drafted in the tenth round by the Cleveland Browns in the 1967 NFL Draft. Copeland later served as the athletic director at the College of William & Mary, the University of Utah, the University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University.