| John Gutekunst | |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Sellersville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1963–1966 |
| Player Team1: | Duke |
| Player Positions: | Defensive back |
| Coach Years1: | 1967 |
| Coach Team1: | Duke (assistant freshman) |
| Coach Years2: | 1968–1969 |
| Coach Team2: | Duke (assistant OL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1970–1971 |
| Coach Team3: | Duke (freshman) |
| Coach Years4: | 1972 |
| Coach Team4: | Duke (DE) |
| Coach Years5: | 1973–1974 |
| Coach Team5: | Duke (LB) |
| Coach Years6: | 1975 |
| Coach Team6: | Duke (OL) |
| Coach Years7: | 1976 |
| Coach Team7: | Duke (DC) |
| Coach Years8: | 1977–1978 |
| Coach Team8: | Duke (DC/DB) |
| Coach Years9: | 1979–1980 |
| Coach Team9: | Virginia Tech (DE) |
| Coach Years10: | 1981–1983 |
| Coach Team10: | Virginia Tech (DC/DE) |
| Coach Years11: | 1984–1985 |
| Coach Team11: | Minnesota (DC) |
| Coach Years12: | 1985 |
| Coach Team12: | Minnesota (interim HC) |
| Coach Years13: | 1985–1991 |
| Coach Team13: | Minnesota |
| Coach Years14: | 1992 |
| Coach Team14: | Tampa Bay Storm (OL/DL) |
| Coach Years15: | 1992 |
| Coach Team15: | Wake Forest (DB) |
| Coach Years16: | 1993 |
| Coach Team16: | South Carolina (OLB) |
| Coach Years17: | 1994–1995 |
| Coach Team17: | Rutgers (DC/DB) |
| Coach Years18: | 1996–1997 |
| Coach Team18: | New York CityHawks (DFO) |
| Coach Years19: | 1998 |
| Coach Team19: | Rhode Island (DB/K) |
| Coach Years20: | 1999–2003 |
| Coach Team20: | South Carolina (DB) |
| Coach Years21: | 2004 |
| Coach Team21: | North Carolina (co-DC/LB) |
| Coach Years22: | 2005–2006 |
| Coach Team22: | North Carolina (AHC/TE) |
| Coach Years23: | 2007 |
| Coach Team23: | Duke (DB) |
| Coach Years24: | 2009 |
| Coach Team24: | East Carolina (ST) |
| Coach Years25: | 2010–2011 |
| Coach Team25: | Columbia (DB) |
| Coach Years26: | 2013 |
| Coach Team26: | North Carolina A&T (ILB) |
| Coach Years27: | 2017 |
| Coach Team27: | East Carolina (defensive analyst) |
| Overall Record: | 29–37–2 |
| Bowl Record: | 1–1 |
| Awards: | AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year Award (2000) |
John Gutekunst (born April 13, 1944) is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota from 1985 to 1991, compiling a record of 29–37–2. Gutekunst came to Minnesota in 1984 as an assistant coach and took over as interim head coach in 1985 for the Independence Bowl after Lou Holtz left the team to become the head coach at Notre Dame. Gutekunst was promoted to head coach before the next season. He has also served as an assistant coach at Duke University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Wake Forest University, Rutgers University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of South Carolina, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and East Carolina University. He joined the East Carolina staff in October 2009, taking over for Rock Roggeman, who left on indefinite medical leave.[1] Gutekunst is an alumnus of Duke University, where he played football and baseball. He now is the head ranger at Willbrook Plantation Golf Course in Pawleys Island, SC.
His son, Brian Gutekunst, is general manager of the Green Bay Packers.[2]