Gerard van der Lem (born 15 November 1952) is a retired football winger from the Netherlands, who made his professional debut for FC Amsterdam on 12 August 1973 against PSV Eindhoven.

After a successful year, and many new impressions, he was chosen to be co-coach to Louis van Gaal with the great and famous Champions League team.

Another memorable and highly successful period followed in Saudi Arabia in his first engagement as coach of the national team.

After some time back home with Ajax, where he worked in several positions (2002-2003, 2004–2006), he returned to the Middle East for an engagement with United Arab Emirates 1st League club Al Sharjah in the 2007-2008 season.

In 2008, van der Lem joined his fellow manager Henk ten Cate in an appointment at the famous Greek club Panathinaikos.