Rudolph H. Lavik (April 30, 1892 – September 29, 1979) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, college athletics administrator, and educator.

[3] Lavik first attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where was elected captain of the football team in 1916.

Lavik also played basketball at Springfield at the center and guard positions and was a teammate of Carl Eggebrecht.

He retained his post as athletic director and chairman of the health and physical education department until 1949, when he was succeeded by Donn Kinzle.

[11] Lavik remained a full-time member of the Arizona State's faculty until 1962 and subsequently taught part-time at the school for several years.

[6] Lavik continued to jog daily well into his 80s, running as much as two miles per day at Arizona State's track.

[7] He died on September 29, 1979, at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona, following a short illness.