| Joe Bedenk | |
| Birth Date: | July 14, 1897 |
| Death Place: | State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1921–1923 |
| Player Team2: | Penn State |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1922–1923 |
| Player Team4: | Penn State |
| Player Positions: | Guard (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team2: | Rice (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team3: | Florida (line) |
| Coach Years4: | 1929–1948 |
| Coach Team4: | Penn State (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1949 |
| Coach Team5: | Penn State |
| Coach Years6: | 1950–1951 |
| Coach Team6: | Penn State (assistant) |
| Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
| Coach Years8: | 1925–1926 |
| Coach Team8: | Rice |
| Coach Years9: | 1931–1962 |
| Coach Team9: | Penn State |
| Overall Record: | 5–4 (football) 391–171–3 (baseball) |
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Fred Joseph Bedenk (July 14, 1897 – May 2, 1978) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Rice University from 1925 to 1926 and at Pennsylvania State University from 1931 to 1962. Bedenk was also the head football coach at Penn State for one season in 1949, tallying a mark of 5–4.
Bedenk played guard for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team. He was elected team captain and earned All-America honors in 1923. He graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor of Arts in finance in 1924.
Bedenk served for several years as Penn state's line coach before being promoted to head coach for the 1949 season. After finishing the year at 5–4, Bedenk requested a return to coaching the line and the university brought in Rip Engle as head coach, and Engle's quarterback from Brown University, Joe Paterno as an assistant coach.
Bedenk died on May 2, 1978, at the Mountainview Unit of Centre Community Hospital—now known as Mount Nittany Medical Center—in State College, Pennsylvania, following a long illness.[1]