Carl Rudolph Frederick "Swede" Anderson IV (September 9, 1898 – April 30, 1978) was an American college football coach at Western Kentucky University and Howard Payne University.

Anderson graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1924,[2] where he played in the backfield with legendary alumnus Bo McMillin.

[3] Anderson returned to Western Kentucky as its head coach from 1934 to 1937.

[5] He then returned to his alma mater, Centre College, where he coached the Praying Colonels until 1950.

[6] The following season, Anderson became the seventh head football coach at the Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas and held that position from 1951 to 1952.