William M. H. Beck[1] (January 3, 1900 – March 5, 1965) was an American college football and baseball coach at the University of Rhode Island.

He served as the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team in 1941 and then again from 1946 through 1949, compiling a record of 12–22–2.

Beck also coached the Rhode Island baseball program from 1954 to 1959, tallying a mark of 40–56–1.

[3] Beck died on March 5, 1965, at Mary Fletcher Hospital in Burlington, Vermont, after sustaining injuries in a skiing accident.

[4] [2] This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1940s is a stub.