| Richard Bell | |
| Birth Date: | September 2, 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1956–1959 |
| Player Team1: | Arkansas |
| Coach Years1: | 1960–1961 |
| Coach Team1: | Walnut Ridge HS (AR) |
| Coach Years2: | 1962–1963 |
| Coach Team2: | VMI (AC) |
| Coach Years3: | 1964–1967 |
| Coach Team3: | Georgia Tech (LB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1968–1969 |
| Coach Team4: | West Virginia (DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1970–1974 |
| Coach Team5: | Texas Tech (DC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1975–1981 |
| Coach Team6: | South Carolina (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 1982 |
| Coach Team7: | South Carolina |
| Coach Years8: | 1983–1987 |
| Coach Team8: | Duke (DC) |
| Coach Years9: | 1988 |
| Coach Team9: | East Carolina (DC) |
| Coach Years10: | 1989–1993 |
| Coach Team10: | Georgia (DC/S) |
| Coach Years11: | 1994 |
| Coach Team11: | Navy (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years12: | 1995–2006 |
| Coach Team12: | Air Force (DC) |
| Coach Years13: | 2010–2017 |
| Coach Team13: | Prince Avenue Christian (DC) |
| Overall Record: | 4–7 |
Richard Bell (born September 2, 1937) is an American former high school and college football coach. His last job was as the defensive coordinator at Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart, Georgia. He served as head football coach at the University of South Carolina for a single season, in 1982.
After he graduated from the University of Arkansas, in 1962 Bell began his coaching career at VMI. From there he coached at Georgia Tech, West Virginia, Texas Tech and South Carolina as a defensive coach.[1] On January 9, 1982, Bell was formally introduced as the 27th head coach in the history of the South Carolina program.[2] Bell had previously served for seven seasons as the Gamecocks defensive coordinator under previous head coach Jim Carlen. After a single season, Bell was fired by athletic director Bob Marcum on December 1, 1982.[3]
From South Carolina, Bell served as a defensive coach at several other schools. These schools included Duke, East Carolina, Georgia, Navy and Air Force.[1] Bell retired as a collegiate coach after the 2006 season, after 42 years as a coach.[4] After four years in retirement, Bell reentered the coaching world to serve as the defensive coordinator at Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart, Georgia in 2010.[4] He retired after the 2017 season.[5]