| Lamar Hoover | |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Peabody, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Baker University |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1916–1917 |
| Coach Team2: | Fairmount |
| Coach Years3: | 1921–1922 |
| Coach Team3: | Fairmount |
| Coach Years4: | 1923–1924 |
| Coach Team4: | Oklahoma City |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1916–1918 |
| Coach Team6: | Fairmount |
| Coach Years7: | 1921–1923 |
| Coach Team7: | Fairmount |
| Coach Years8: | 1923–1925 |
| Coach Team8: | Oklahoma City |
| Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
| Coach Years10: | 1917–1919 |
| Coach Team10: | Fairmount |
| Overall Record: | 20–27–5 (football) 3–2 (baseball) |
Chester Lamar Hoover (February 27, 1887 — December 18, 1944) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served two stints as the head football at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas, from 1916 and 1917 and again from 1921 to 1922 and as head football coach at Oklahoma City University from 1923 to 1924.[1] Prior to coaching at Fairmount, Hoover attended Baker University, where he was regarded as one of their top athletes.[2] In the 1906–07 basketball season, Hoover, described as "one of the outstanding guards of the midlands", lead the Baker team to an undefeated season, under coach Phog Allen.[3]
Hoover's final season at Fairmont began promisingly but ended with disappointing losses.[4]
Hoover was born in Peabody, Kansas and was a veteran of World War I. Hoover died on December 18, 1944, at Veterans' Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma.[5]