| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1889 Birnamwood, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 1946 (aged 57) Sunset Beach, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Lawrence |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912 | Simpson (assistant) |
| 1914 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1915 | Miami (OH) |
| 1917 | Platteville Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1914–1915 | Bethany (WV) |
| 1915–1916 | Miami (OH) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–10 (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.