| Charles Lantz | |
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1884 |
| Birth Place: | West Fairview, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Naples, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1904–1907 |
| Player Team2: | Gettysburg |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1904–1908 |
| Player Team4: | Gettysburg |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1905–1908 |
| Player Team6: | Gettysburg |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Guard (basketball) Third baseman (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1911–1934 |
| Coach Team2: | Eastern Illinois |
| Coach Years3: | 1944 |
| Coach Team3: | Eastern Illinois |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1911–1935 |
| Coach Team5: | Eastern Illinois |
| Coach Years6: | 1943–1944 |
| Coach Team6: | Eastern Illinois |
| Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
| Coach Years8: | 1912–1950 |
| Coach Team8: | Eastern Illinois |
| Coach Years9: | 1952 |
| Coach Team9: | Eastern Illinois |
| Admin Years1: | 1911–1952 |
| Admin Team1: | Eastern Illinois |
| Overall Record: | 95–66–13 (football) 197–208 (basketball) 171–216 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 4 IIAC (1912–1914, 1928) |
Charles Phillip Lantz (December 14, 1884 – May 6, 1962) was an American football, basketball, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the sixth head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, serving 24 seasons, from 1911 to 1935 and again in 1944, compiling a record of 95–66–13.[1] In 1967, the Lantz Arena complex was opened and named in his honor.
Lantz graduated from Gettysburg College in 1908. He died on May 6, 1962, in Naples, Florida.[2]