| Mal Elward | |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Death Place: | Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1912–1915 |
| Player Team2: | Notre Dame |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1922–1923 |
| Coach Team2: | Grinnell |
| Coach Years3: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team3: | John Carroll |
| Coach Years4: | 1927–1936 |
| Coach Team4: | Purdue (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1937–1941 |
| Coach Team6: | Purdue |
| Coach Years7: | 1942–1943 |
| Coach Team7: | Lakehurst NAS |
| Coach Years8: | 1946–1956 |
| Coach Team8: | Stanford (assistant) |
| Coach Sport9: | Basketball |
| Coach Years10: | 1924–1927 |
| Coach Team10: | John Carroll |
| Admin Years1: | 1941 |
| Admin Team1: | Purdue |
| Overall Record: | 38–50–9 (football) 22–24 (basketball) |
Allen Henry "Mal" Elward (June 23, 1892 – December 31, 1982) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College from 1922 to 1923, at John Carroll University from 1924 to 1926,[1] and at Purdue University from 1937 to 1941, compiling a career college football record of 32–42–8. Elward was also the head basketball coach at John Carroll from 1924 to 1927, tallying a mark of 22–24. He was the athletic director at Purdue in 1941. Elward played football as an end at the University of Notre Dame from 1912 to 1915. He served as an assistant football coach at Purdue from 1927 to 1936 and at Stanford University from 1946 to 1956.
Elward also served as the head coach of the 1942 Lakehurst Naval Air Station Blimps football team.