Thomas Dudley Shepherd[a] (August 2, 1889 – October 5, 1954) was an American college football player and coach.

He served as the head football coach at New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (now the University of New Hampshire) in 1914, Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas in 1915, and Trinity College of in Hartford, Connecticut in 1919, compiling a career coaching record of 8–13–2.

Shepherd graduated from Wellesley High School in Massachusetts, and initially attended Wesleyan College in Connecticut, where he was a member of their 1908 football team,[4] then entered the University of Maine in his sophomore year.

[11] In 1915, he was appointed head football coach, director of gymnasium, and manager of athletics at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas.

[13] He coached the 1919 football team of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, taking over during the season following the resignation of his predecessor.