Robert Edward Lombardi (June 3, 1938 – May 28, 2021) was an American football coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Chicago for three seasons, from 1976 to 1978, compiling a record of 9–15. In 1979 he was hired as head football coach and physical education teacher at Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois. He remained head football coach at Rich East until 1997. Lombardi died on May 28, 2021, at his home in New Lenox, Illinois.