Chester J. Roberts

Chester J. Roberts
Biographical details
Bornc. 1889
Birnamwood, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died(1946-07-28)July 28, 1946 (aged 57)
Sunset Beach, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1909–1911Lawrence
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1912Simpson (assistant)
1914Bethany (WV)
1915Miami (OH)
1917Platteville Normal
Basketball
1914–1915Bethany (WV)
1915–1916Miami (OH)
Head coaching record
Overall11–10 (football)
9–18 (basketball)

Chester Joseph Roberts (c. 1889 – July 28, 1946) was an American college football and college basketball coach in the early 1900s. He was a 1912 graduate of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin where he played football. After graduation, he served as a member of the faculty at several colleges in the Midwest. During this time Roberts served as head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia in 1914, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1915, and Platteville Normal College—now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville—in 1917, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 11–10. He was also the head basketball coach at Bethany (1914–1915) and Miami (1915–1916), tallying a career college basketball mark of 9–18.