| Charles M. Edens | |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Bertram, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Lake Buchanan, near Marble Falls, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Southwestern University (1919) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1923–1924 |
| Coach Team2: | North Texas Agricultural |
| Coach Years3: | 1925–1938 |
| Coach Team3: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1925–1939 |
| Coach Team5: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1926–1928 |
| Coach Team7: | Southwestern (TX) |
| Overall Record: | 56–82–17 (football) 28–23–2 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 1 TIAA (1925) 1 Texas Conference (1927) |
Charles Messerey "Lefty" Edens (September 17, 1897 – July 29, 1939) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.
He served as the head football coach at North Texas Agricultural College—now the University of Texas at Arlington—from 1923 to 1924 and at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1925 to 1938, compiling a record of 56–82–17. The University of Texas at Arlington discontinued its football team after completion of the 1985 season.[1] Edens was also the head basketball coach at Southwestern from 1925 to 1939 and the baseball coach at the school from 1926 to 1928. He has two grandchildren.
Edens died when he drowned during a fishing trip to the Colorado River in July 1939.[2]