| Bob Vanatta | |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Jupiter, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1943–1945 |
| Player Team1: | Central (MO) |
| Coach Years1: | 1947–1950 |
| Coach Team1: | Central (MO) |
| Coach Years2: | 1950–1953 |
| Coach Team2: | SW Missouri State |
| Coach Years3: | 1953–1954 |
| Coach Team3: | Army |
| Coach Years4: | 1954–1956 |
| Coach Team4: | Bradley |
| Coach Years5: | 1956–1962 |
| Coach Team5: | Memphis State |
| Coach Years6: | 1962–1967 |
| Coach Team6: | Missouri |
| Coach Years7: | 1972–1973 |
| Coach Team7: | Delta State |
| Admin Years1: | 1956 |
| Admin Team1: | Bradley |
| Admin Years2: | 1973–1976 |
| Admin Team2: | Oral Roberts |
| Admin Years3: | 1976–1979 |
| Admin Team3: | Ohio Valley Conference (comm.) |
| Admin Years4: | 1979–1983 |
| Admin Team4: | Trans America Athletic Conference (comm.) |
| Admin Years5: | 1983–1986 |
| Admin Team5: | Louisiana Tech |
| Admin Years6: | 1986–1994 |
| Admin Team6: | Sunshine State Conference (comm.) |
| Admin Years7: | 1997–1999 |
| Admin Team7: | Florida Atlantic (assoc. AD) |
| Overall Record: | 333–200 |
| Tournament Record: | 2–2 (NCAA) |
| Championships: | 2× NAIA champion (1952, 1953) |
Bob Vanatta (July 7, 1918 – October 22, 2016) was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head basketball coach for Central Methodist, Missouri State University, Army, Bradley, Memphis State, Missouri, and Delta State University. At Missouri State, he won the 1952 and 1953 NAIA Championships. He compiled a 109-34 record at Memphis State, including making it to the 1957 NIT Championship game. After coaching, he later served as athletic director at Oral Roberts University, commissioner of the Ohio Valley Conference, commissioner of the Atlantic Sun Conference, executive director of the Independence Bowl, athletic director at Louisiana Tech University, commissioner of the Sunshine State Conference, president of the NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner's Association, and associate athletic director at Florida Atlantic University. He was a Palm Beach County Sports Commission member, which presents the Lou Groza Award to the nation's top placekicker.
Vanatta died October 22, 2016, aged 98, in Melbourne, Florida.[1]