John Francis Sullivan (July 27, 1935 – September 16, 2010) was an American basketball coach and labor activist.

In 1957, he was drafted as the 14th overall pick by the Philadelphia Warriors, but instead played for the Washington Tapers of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1961.

[1] After retiring from basketball in the early 1960s, Sullivan joined the Boston field office of the United States Secret Service as a special agent.

[1] Sullivan also worked for labor unions, beginning in 1981 as director of government relations for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

He later became a lobbyist for the Center to Protect Workers' Rights, part of Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL–CIO, until retiring in 1996.