| Rick Willis | |
| Current Title: | Vice president for student recruitment |
| Current Team: | Wartburg |
| Current Conference: | ARC |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Camanche, Iowa, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1984–1987 |
| Player Team2: | Cornell (IA) |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1985–1988 |
| Player Team4: | Cornell (IA) |
| Player Positions: | Defensive back (football) Second baseman (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1988–1989 |
| Coach Team2: | Illinois (GA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1990–1996 |
| Coach Team3: | Wittenberg (DC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1997–2005 |
| Coach Team4: | Wartburg |
| Coach Years5: | 2008–2020 |
| Coach Team5: | Wartburg |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1991–1996 |
| Coach Team7: | Wittenberg |
| Coach Sport8: | Softball |
| Coach Years9: | 2003 |
| Coach Team9: | Wartburg |
| Admin Years1: | 2005–2021 |
| Admin Team1: | Wartburg |
| Admin Years2: | 2021–present |
| Admin Team2: | Wartburg (VP) |
| Overall Record: | 185–46 (football) 150–85 (baseball) 38–10 (softball) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 10–11 (NCAA D-III playoffs) Softball 6–3 (NCAA D-III tournament) Baseball 2–2 (NCAA D-III tournament) |
| Championships: | Football 11 IIAC/ARC (1999, 2002–2004, 2008, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017–2019) Softball NCAA Regional Champion (2003) |
| Awards: | Football 5× IIAC Coach of the Year (1999, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017) Baseball NCAC Coach of the Year (1996) |
Rick Willis (born February 4, 1966) is an American college administrator and former football, baseball, and softball coach. He was the athletic director at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, from 2005 to 2021, before transitioning to vice president for student recruitment.[1] Willis served two stints as the head football coach at Wartburg, from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2021, compiled a record of 185–46. He was succeeded in 2021 by his former player and defensive coordinator Chris Winter. He was the head baseball coach at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio from 1991 to 1996, amassing a record of 150–85. Willis also coached the softball team at Wartburg for one season, in 2003, tallying a mark of 38–10 and reaching the Division III Women's College World Series.
Willis was born in Camanche, Iowa. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he played football and baseball, earning all-conference honors in both sports.[2]