John Patrick Riley (June 15, 1920 – February 3, 2016) was an American ice hockey player and coach.

[3] Riley was appointed to coach the USA team for the 1960 Olympic Games, the ninth held with hockey.

Days later, his American team surprised the hockey world going undefeated in winning the country's first Olympic gold medal.

Twenty years later, Brooks would be hired to coach the American team at Lake Placid, New York, which resulted in a gold medal for the country, which beat the Soviets (who had not lost to the Americans since 1960) on February 22, 1980, in the medal round before beating Finland to win the gold; the win over the Soviets is now referred to as the "Miracle on Ice".

In Olympic hockey from 1956 to 1988, Riley and Brooks were the only coaches to lead a team to a gold medal over the Soviet Union.

He is a two-time winner of the Lester Patrick Trophy, in 1986 (as a coach) and 2002 (as a member of the Olympic gold medal-winning United States hockey team of 1960).