As player: Noble Earl "Nobe" Kizer Sr. (March 11, 1900 – June 13, 1940) was an American football and basketball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator.

During his tenure as head coach, he won two Big Ten Conference titles and compiled a record of 42–13–3.

From 1922 to 1924, Kizer played right guard at Notre Dame under Knute Rockne.

Kizer served in the United States Marines Corps during World War I.

[1] He died on June 13, 1940, in Lafayette, Indiana from a kidney ailment and high blood pressure.