Henry Lane Williams (July 26, 1869 – June 14, 1931) was an American football player and coach.

After playing football at Yale University under head coach Walter Camp, where with Camp he co-invented the "tackle-back" formation,[1] Williams began his coaching career at the United States Military Academy in 1891 while he was a teacher at Siglar Academy in Newburgh, New York.

His winning percentage (.786) is the highest of any Gopher football coach to date with the exception of Wallie Winter who went 6–0 in his only season 1893.

Williams was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame with the inaugural class in 1951.

Williams Arena, the home venue for Minnesota basketball, was renamed in his honor after a remodeling in the 1950s.