| Robert E. Harmon | |
| Birth Date: | 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | 1959 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Illinois College |
| Player Years3: | 1905–1906 |
| Player Team3: | Denver |
| Player Years4: | 1907 |
| Player Team4: | Creighton |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1904 |
| Player Team6: | Illinois College |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1903 |
| Coach Team2: | Illinois College |
| Coach Years3: | 1911 |
| Coach Team3: | Loyola (IL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1912 |
| Coach Team4: | Butte HS (MT) |
| Coach Years5: | 1913–1914 |
| Coach Team5: | Gonzaga |
| Coach Years6: | 1915–1916 |
| Coach Team6: | University Farm |
| Coach Years7: | 1917 |
| Coach Team7: | Illinois College |
| Coach Years8: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team8: | Santa Clara |
| Coach Years9: | 1921–1924 |
| Coach Team9: | Quincy (IL) |
| Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
| Coach Years11: | 1913–1915 |
| Coach Team11: | Gonzaga |
| Coach Years12: | 1919–1921 |
| Coach Team12: | Santa Clara |
| Coach Sport13: | Baseball |
| Coach Years14: | 1915 |
| Coach Team14: | Gonzaga |
| Coach Years15: | 1921 |
| Coach Team15: | Santa Clara |
| Coach Years16: | 1922–? |
| Coach Team16: | Quincy (IL) |
| Admin Years1: | 1913–1915 |
| Admin Team1: | Gonzaga |
| Overall Record: | 41–27–3 (football, excluding Loyola) 14–13 (basketball) 6–9–1 (baseball, excluding Quincy) |
Robert Emmett "Red Bob" Harmon (1882–1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Illinois College in 1903 and 1917, Loyola University Chicago in 1911, Gonzaga University from 1913 to 1914, the University Farm—now known as the University of California, Davis—from 1915 to 1916, and the University of Santa Clara—now known as Santa Clara University—from 1919 to 1920, and at Quincy College and Seminary—now known as Quincy University—in Quincy, Illinois from 1922 to 1924.
Harmon was the head coach for the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team from 1913 to 1915. He recorded a 10–4 (.714) record during his two seasons.[1]
In 1917, Harmon returned to his alma mater, Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, to become head football coach, succeeding his brother, William T. Harmon, who was serving as a captain in the United States Army at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois.[2] [3]
Harmon was a graduate of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and did graduate work at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. While he was coaching at Gonzaga, Harmon also practiced law with the offices of Luby and Pierson. At Santa Clara, he taught law as a member of the faculty. In 1930, Harmon passed the Illinois state bar and began a law practice in Jacksonville, Illinois.[4]