John Joseph Harding (January 4, 1898 – February 24, 1963) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

Harding was also the head basketball coach at St. Thomas from 1926 to 1937, amassing record of 119–56.

He was the head baseball coach at Miami in 1940 and 1959, tallying a mark of 16–14–1.

Harding was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1980.

During his two stints coaching football at Miami, Harding compiled a 54–32–3 (.624) record and led the Hurricanes to four seasons of eight or more wins (1938, 1941, 1945, 1946).