Lester Michael Brumbelow (July 13, 1906 – August 11, 1977) was an American football and basketball player and coach.

He played football and basketball for Texas Christian University from 1927 to 1929 and was the captain and most valuable player of the TCU Horned Frogs undefeated 1929 football team that won the school's first Southwest Conference championship.

[2] He played at the guard position from 1927 to 1929 and was selected as the captain and most valuable player on TCU's undefeated 1929 football team that won the school's first Southwest Conference championship.

In 1942, he served as the line coach of the football team at the Navy Pre-Flight School in Athens, Georgia.

[13] He was promoted to head coach in January 1943,[14][15] and in April 1943 was placed in charge of the entire nine sport program for the 2,400 cadets at the Pre-Flight School.

[20] He had been operating sporting goods stores at Midland and Odessa, Texas (in partnership with Tex Carleton) at the time of his hiring at UTEP.

[24] After retiring as UTEP's athletic director in 1959, Brumbelow worked in the advertising and public relations department of the El Paso Natural Gas Co.[5] He was one of the leaders in the effort to build the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso and helped get a bond issue passed to finance its construction.

[1][5] At the age of 71, Brumbelow died at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso after a long illness.