John Calvin Whitehead (September 7, 1924 â January 19, 2002) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1976 to 1985, compiling a record of 75âÂÂ38âÂÂ2. His 1977 team at Lehigh won the NCAA Division II Championship and his 1979 was the runner-up in the NCAA Division I-AA Championship playoffs. Whitehead joined the coaching staff at Lehigh in 1967, serving as line coach for two seasons before he was promoted to the newly-created position of offensive coordinator prior to the 1969 season.
Whitehead was born on September 7, 1924, in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. He died on January 20, 2002.