| John Whitehead | |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Summit Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coach Years1: | 1950 |
| Coach Team1: | Scotland School (PA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1954 |
| Coach Team2: | Stroud Union HS (PA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1955–1957 |
| Coach Team3: | Stroud Union HS (PA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1958–1962 |
| Coach Team4: | Middletown HS (NY) |
| Coach Years5: | 1963–1966 |
| Coach Team5: | Carlisle HS (PA) |
| Coach Years6: | 1967–1969 |
| Coach Team6: | Lehigh (line) |
| Coach Years7: | 1970–1975 |
| Coach Team7: | Lehigh (OC) |
| Coach Years8: | 1976–1985 |
| Coach Team8: | Lehigh |
| Overall Record: | 75–38–2 (college) |
| Tournament Record: | 3–0 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 1–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Championships: | 1 NCAA Division II (1977) |
John Calvin Whitehead (September 7, 1924 – January 19, 2002) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1976 to 1985, compiling a record of 75–38–2. His 1977 team at Lehigh won the NCAA Division II Championship and his 1979 was the runner-up in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship playoffs. Whitehead was born on September 7, 1924, in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. He died on January 20, 2002.[1]