Charles R. Stobart (October 27, 1932 – November 29, 2022) was an American college football player and coach.
He was twice selected as the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year (1979 and 1981) and was inducted into the University of Toledo Athletics Hall of Fame.
Stobart became a star athlete at Middleport High School, playing football, basketball, and baseball.
[8] In February 1967, Stobart was hired as an assistant coach on Bo Schembechler's staff at Miami University.
[9] He served as Schembechler's offensive backfield coach during the 1967 and 1968 seasons, when the team compiled records of 6–4 and 7–3.
In January 1969, Schembechler hired Stobart to join him as offensive backfield coach at Michigan.
[11] He spent the next seven years from 1969 to 1976 as Michigan's backfield coach, working with Schembechler and mentoring Michigan backs including Dennis Brown, Don Moorhead, Billy Taylor, Dennis Franklin, Gordon Bell, Rick Leach, and Rob Lytle.
[16] His 1981 Toledo Rockets football team went 9–3, won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship, and defeated San Jose State in the 1981 California Bowl.
[17][18] He out-polled Mike Kelly and Earle Bruce to win Ohio Coach of the Year honors in December 1981.
[16] In November 1984, Utah announced it was seeking a new football coach and advised that Stobart was free to pursue other options.
Smith promptly hired Stobart as associate head coach and offensive coordinator at USC.
[31] Larry Smith of USC praised the selection of Stobart, saying, "He brings integrity, responsibility and maturity, plus a tremendous knowledge of the game and coaching skills.
[33] In March 1995, Stobart was hired as the wide receivers coach at the Ohio State University.
[37] In Stobart's lone season as Ohio State's offensive coordinator, the Buckeyes compiled an 8–4 record and scored an average of 27.6 points per game.