Roger Léon Maurice Lemerre-Desprez (born 18 June 1941) is a French professional football manager and former player.

[citation needed] For ten seasons, he coached the French national military team, with whom he won the World Championships.

This paved the way for him to take over as the national coach, winning Euro 2000 in Netherlands and Belgium and FIFA Confederations Cup next year.

However, after the team suffered a stunning first-round exit in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he was sacked by the French Football Federation.

In December 2013, Lemerre agreed a six-month deal to take a coaching job at Tunisian team Étoile du Sahel.