| Lester Barnard | |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Rogersville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1913–1916 |
| Player Team2: | Fourth District Normal (MO) |
| Player Years3: | 1918 |
| Player Team3: | Great Lakes Navy |
| Player Years4: | 1919 |
| Player Team4: | Northwestern |
| Player Sport5: | Basketball |
| Player Years6: | 1913–1917 |
| Player Team6: | Fourth District Normal (MO) |
| Player Positions: | End (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1920–1921 |
| Coach Team2: | Okmulgee HS (OK) |
| Coach Years3: | 1922–1923 |
| Coach Team3: | West Tennessee State Normal |
| Coach Years4: | 1924–1925 |
| Coach Team4: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Years5: | 1928–1957 |
| Coach Team5: | South HS (MN) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1920–1922 |
| Coach Team7: | Okmulgee HS (OK) |
| Coach Years8: | 1922–1924 |
| Coach Team8: | West Tennessee State Normal |
| Coach Years9: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team9: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1924 |
| Coach Team11: | West Tennessee |
| Overall Record: | 22–7–6 (college football) 22–37 (college basketball) |
Lester Smith Barnard (October 25, 1894 – June 1, 1985) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track coach. He served as the head football coach at West Tennessee Normal State School—now known as the University of Memphis—from 1922 to 1923 and Central Michigan University from 1924 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 22–7–6. Barnard was also the head basketball coach at West Tennessee from 1922 to 1924 and Central Michigan from 1924 to 1926, tallying a career college basketball mark of 22–37. He was a twin brother of Chester S. Barnard.[1] In 1985, he died at the age of 90 in California.[2]