Chester Ira Mead (February 19, 1900 – February 11, 1959) was an American football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa from 1924 to 1925, compiling a record of 6–12.
[1] Mead played college football at the University of Iowa from 1920 to 1922, including the undefeated 1921 and 1922 teams that won back-to-back Big Ten championships.
[2] He also coached football at Clarinda High School in Clarinda, Iowa, in 1923.
[3] Mead later became a medial doctor and lived in Bakersfield, California.