Rodney Thomas Franz (February 8, 1925 – November 27, 1999) was an American football player and coach.
As a senior, he was a unanimous selection on the 1949 College Football All-America Team.
Franz was the first head football coach at University of California, Riverside, serving for one season, in 1955, and compiling a record of 1–3–1.
He returned to his alma mater, California, after his stint at UC Riverside and was an assistant football coach there in 1956 and 1957.
Franz later worked as a lobbyist for the East Bay Municipal Utility District.