George Durkin Corneal (September 13, 1883 – December 28, 1944) was an American basketball, track and football coach.

Realizing the demand for an indoor winter sport and the presence of good material in college, the athletic authorities passed a resolution providing for a basketball team and granted them a schedule of seven or eight games for this season.

However, the coach is working hard and admits that he expects to have a good team rounded out by the time the first game is played with M.A.C.

[9] In September 1917, when Corneal accepted a position in Ohio, the move was front page news in Stevens Point.

The Stevens Point Daily Journal wrote:"He came here three years ago and conducted the Normal athletics in a successful manner.

[18] In his obituary, the Associated Press noted that "Corneal was famed for his powerful cinder path teams which dominated northern Ohio track circles for many years.

[17] He also served as the vice president of the Ohio Association of Track Coaches,[22] and was posthumously inducted into that organization's Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1969.

[18] In July 1912, Corneal married Rachel V. Abott at Bon Homme County, South Dakota.