| Rome Rankin | |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1900 |
| Death Date: | June 1981 (aged 80) |
| Alma Mater: | Kentucky (Ph.D., 1947) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1935–1942 |
| Coach Team2: | Eastern Kentucky |
| Coach Years3: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team3: | Eastern Kentucky |
| Coach Years4: | 1947 |
| Coach Team4: | Maine (assistant) |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1935–1943 |
| Coach Team6: | Eastern Kentucky |
| Coach Years7: | 1943–1944 |
| Coach Team7: | Kentucky (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1944–1946 |
| Coach Team8: | Eastern Kentucky |
| Coach Years9: | 1949–1954 |
| Coach Team9: | Maine |
| Admin Years1: | 1951–1966 |
| Admin Team1: | Maine |
| Overall Record: | 56–24–6 (football) 173–106 (basketball) |
Rome Rankin (August 11, 1900 – June 1981)[1] was an American football and basketball coach.
He served as the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1935 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1946.[2] He was also the school's head men's basketball coach from 1935 to 1943 and from 1944 to 1946.[3]
While Eastern Kentucky University put their athletic program on hiatus during World War II, Rankin served as an assistant to basketball coach Adolph Rupp at the University of Kentucky for one season (1943–1944).[4]
He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Maine from 1949 to 1954[5] He also served as an assistant football coach during his early tenure.[6]