Fred Goldsmith (born March 3, 1944) is a former American college football coach. His final job was as the 18th head football coach for Lenoir–Rhyne University, an NCAA division II school in Hickory, North Carolina. Hired on November 28, 2006, Goldsmith arrived at Lenoir-Rhyne fresh off a successful four-year run at Franklin High School in Franklin, North Carolina, where he compiled an overall win-loss record of 47–15. Goldsmith retired on May 3, 2011.[1]