Howard Harpster (May 14, 1907 – April 9, 1980) was an American college football player and coach.

The College Football Hall of Fame states that he was known as "one of the great Eastern quarterbacks of the late 1920s.

"[1] In 1926, Carnegie Tech's football team beat Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

[4] Harpster was the 15th head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1930 until 1932.

[5] Geneva College fans generally consider him among the best coaches in the history of the school.