John Calvin Whitehead (September 7, 1924 – January 19, 2002) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.

He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1976 to 1985, compiling a record of 75–38–2.

His 1977 team at Lehigh won the NCAA Division II Championship and his 1979 was the runner-up in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship playoffs.

Whitehead was born on September 7, 1924, in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania.

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