Melville F. Whedbee (February 14, 1904 – July 11, 1974) was an American college football player and coach.
Whedbee joined the coaching staff at Kentucky State in 1959 as an assistant under Sam B.
[1] He took over as head coach for an ailing Taylor midway through the 1961 season.
[2] Whedbee was succeeded as head football coach by Charles Bates in 1967, but remained as an instructor in the physical education department at Kentucky State.
[3] Whedbee died on July 11, 1974, in Topeka, Kansas.