| Francis Hoover | |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Statesville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Boone, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1945 |
| Coach Team2: | Appalachian State |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team4: | Appalachian State |
| Coach Years5: | 1947–1957 |
| Coach Team5: | Appalachian State |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1948 |
| Coach Team7: | Appalachian State |
| Admin Years1: | 1960–1961 |
| Admin Team1: | NAIA (president) |
| Overall Record: | 1–6 (football) 133–128 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Basketball 2 North State regular season (1948, 1950) |
| Awards: | Basketball North State Coach of the Year (1950) |
Francis Lentz Hoover (November 15, 1914 – March 19, 2002) was an American college sports coach and administrator. He coached American football, basketball, baseball, and tennis at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina. Hoover was the eighth head football coach, serving for one season in 1945, and the seventh basketball coach, serving for 11 seasons between 1945 and 1957, at Appalachian State.[1] He led the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball to two North State Conference championships. Hoover was the president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for the 1960–61 academic year.
Hoover has a bachelor of science from Appalachian State, masters of arts from the University of North Carolina and a doctorate from Indiana University.[2]