Robert Milligan Coleman (June 7, 1878 – September 7, 1941)[1] was an American college football player, coach, and physician.

[2] A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Coleman first attended local Kentucky University, and later coached there.

[4] Coleman was then a prominent running back for the Virginia Cavaliers football teams of the University of Virginia.

Coleman was selected All-Southern in 1899.

[7] Coleman was selected All-Southern.