Dr. Ted Kessinger (born January 15, 1941 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1976 to 2003, compiling a record of 219–57–1. Kessenger was the head coach of the first American football team to play in Sweden.[1] He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.[2]