| Dick Bedesem | |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1931 |
| Death Place: | Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1950–1952 |
| Player Team1: | Villanova |
| Coach Years1: | 1955–1956 |
| Coach Team1: | La Salle College HS (PA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1957–1970 |
| Coach Team2: | Bishop Egan HS (PA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1970–1971 |
| Coach Team3: | Archbishop Wood HS (PA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1973–1974 |
| Coach Team4: | Temple (DB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1975–1980 |
| Coach Team5: | Villanova |
| Coach Years6: | 1981 |
| Coach Team6: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1984–1986 |
| Coach Team7: | Neshaminy HS (PA) |
| Coach Years8: | 1987–1991 |
| Coach Team8: | Delaware Valley |
| Coach Years9: | 1992–1994 |
| Coach Team9: | Neshaminy HS (PA) |
| Overall Record: | 47–67–2 (college) 140–84–7 (high school) |
Richard V. Bedesem Sr. (January 22, 1931 – October 6, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Villanova University from 1975 to 1980 and at Delaware Valley College from 1987 to 1991, compiling a career college football record of 47–67–2. Bedesem was also an assistant football coach at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh. He died of congestive heart failure on October 6, 1999, at Abington Memorial Hospital in Abington, Pennsylvania.[1]