Kenneth B. Knox (September 13, 1920 – February 24, 1970) was an American football and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State College—now known as Southeast Missouri State University—from 1952 to 1967, compiling a record of 88–59–4. Knox also coached track at Southeast Missouri State and was the school's athletic director until his death in early 1970. Knox died on February 24, 1970, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, following a long illness.