| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 21, 1922 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1940–1941 | Riverside |
| 1942 | San Diego State |
| 1946 | USC |
| Basketball | |
| 1940–1942 | Riverside |
| Position(s) | End (football) Guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1948 | Hoover HS (CA) (assistant) |
| 1949–1951 | La Jolla HS (CA) (assistant) |
| 1952 | Escondido HS (CA) |
| 1953–1956 | Riverside Polytechnic HS (CA) |
| 1957–1959 | Riverside |
| 1960–1961 | New Mexico State (backfield) |
| 1962–1963 | West Texas State (backfield) |
| 1964–1966 | California (assistant) |
| 1967–1969 | Eastern New Mexico |
| Baseball | |
| 1950–1952 | La Jolla HS (CA) |
| Track | |
| 1960–1962 | New Mexico State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1972–1976 | BLESTO (scout) |
| 1976–1979 | San Francisco 49ers (scout) |
| 1982–1983 | Arizona Wranglers (DPP) |
| 1983–1984 | New Orleans Breakers (DPP) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–20–1 (college football) 20–6–2 (junior college football) 38–10–1 (high school football) |
| Bowls | 0–1 (junior college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 Eastern Conference (1958–1959) | |
Robert Howard White (born February 21, 1922) is a former American football coach, scout, and executive. He served as the head football coach at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) in Portales, New Mexico from 1967 to 1969, compiling a record of 8–20–1. He was also the head football coach at Riverside City College in Riverside, California from 1957 to 1959, tallying a mark of 20–6–2. White later worked as a scout for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) and as a personnel executive for the Arizona Wranglers and the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL).
A native of Escondido, California, he played college football in the 1940s at Riverside Junior College, San Diego State University, and the University of Southern California (USC). White began his coaching career in the Southern California high school ranks in the late 1940s and 1950s. In between his head coaching tenures at Riverside and Eastern New Mexico, he was an assistant football coach at New Mexico State University, West Texas State University, and the University of California, Berkeley.