Walter E. Meanwell (26 January 1884 – 2 December 1953) was an English college men's basketball coach in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.

During World War I era, he served in the United States Army Medical Corps and became a captain.

His 1912, 1914, and 1916 Wisconsin teams were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.

[1] Meanwell taught a style of game that featured short passing, crisscross dribbles and a tight zone defense.

He was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1959.