| Ron Harms | |
| Birth Date: | 11 September 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1956–1958 |
| Player Team2: | Valparaiso |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1962–1963 |
| Coach Team2: | Concordia (NE) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1964–1969 |
| Coach Team3: | Concordia (NE) |
| Coach Years4: | 1970–1973 |
| Coach Team4: | Adams State |
| Coach Years5: | 1974–1975 |
| Coach Team5: | Texas A&I (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1976–1978 |
| Coach Team6: | Baylor (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1979–1999 |
| Coach Team7: | Texas A&I |
| Coach Sport8: | Track and field |
| Coach Years9: | 1962–1964 |
| Coach Team9: | Concordia (NE) |
| Coach Sport10: | Cross country |
| Coach Years11: | 1962–1964 |
| Coach Team11: | Concordia (NE) |
| Overall Record: | 219–112–4 (football) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 3–0 (NAIA D-I playoffs) 12–9 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Championships: | Football 1 NAIA Division I (1979) 1 RMAC (1972) 10 LSC (1979, 1985, 1987–1989, 1993–1997) 1 RMAC Mountain Division (1971) 2 LSC South Division (1997–1998) |
| Awards: | Football NAIA Division I Coach of the Year (1979) |
| Cfbhof Year: | 2012 |
| Cfbhof Id: | 2278 |
Ron Harms (born September 11, 1936) is a former American football coach. He served as head football coach at Concordia Teachers College—know known as Concordia University Nebraska—from 1964 to 1969, at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—from 1970 to 1973 and at Texas A&M University–Kingsville (formerly Texas A&I University) from 1979 to 1999, compiling a career college football coaching record of 219–112–4. Harms was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
Harms served as offensive coordinator for Gil Steinke in 1974 and 1975 before becoming an assistant to Grant Teaff at Baylor University for three years. Harms returned to Texas A&I in 1979 to replace Fred Jonas as head coach. In his first season, he guided the Javelinas to an NAIA Division I National Championship. With Harms at the helm, the Javelinas captured ten Lone Star Conference championships in total.
Harms was hired in 1962 as an assistant football coach and head coach in track and field and cross country at Concordia Teachers College—know known as Concordia University Nebraska—in Seward, Nebraska. Two years later, he succeeded Ralph Starenko as head football coach.[1]
Harms was the 12th head football coach at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado and he held that position for four seasons, from 1970 until 1973. His coaching record at Adams State was 21–14–2.[2]