Robert Emmett Lynch (July 31, 1882 – May 1, 1959) was an American baseball player and coach, and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Born in Chicago, Lynch played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1900 to 1902, and then in minor league baseball until 1914. He played in the American Association, Western League, Southern Association, Eastern League, Central League, and the Wisconsin–Illinois League. Lynch also coached college baseball at Notre Dame (where he was head coach in 1903), Northwestern, and Clemson (head coach in 1908), and coached in the minors.