Chester Smith Barnard (October 25, 1894 – October 16, 1952)[1] was an American football player and coach of football and basketball.

He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi in 1924 and at Kalamazoo College from 1925 to 1941, compiling a career college football record of 67–59–17.

[2] Barnard left Kalamazoo in 1942 to join the United States Navy.

Barnard committed suicide in 1952 by drowning in the Gasconade River.

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