John Henry "Tiger" Godfrey (August 13, 1921 – September 14, 2008) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Whittier College in Whittier, California from 1960 to 1979, compiling a record of 118–68–6. Godfrey died on September 14, 2008, in Tualatin, Oregon, from complications of Parkinson's disease.