Fred Joseph Bedenk (July 14, 1897 – May 2, 1978) was an American football and baseball player and coach.

Bedenk was also the head football coach at Penn State for one season in 1949, tallying a mark of 5–4.

Bedenk played guard for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team.

He was elected team captain and earned All-America honors in 1923.

Bedenk died on May 2, 1978, at the Mountainview Unit of Centre Community Hospital—now known as Mount Nittany Medical Center—in State College, Pennsylvania, following a long illness.