Wilbur Darwin Hockensmith Sr. (August 17, 1878 – August 19, 1951) was the head coach of the football team at the Western University of Pennsylvania, today known as the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, in 1901.

On October 5, 1901, Hockensmith led the school to a victory over West Virginia University, a 12–0 shutout in Morgantown.

Wilbur Hockensmith was born in Irwin, Pennsylvania on August 17, 1878.

[1] Hockensmith, who also played left guard for the university's football team,[2] graduated from the Western University in 1901 with a degree in mechanical engineering.

[3] He later worked for his family's business, the Hockensmith Corporation, which ran a foundry in Irwin, Pennsylvania.