| Telfer L. Mead | |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Kendall County, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1912 |
| Player Team2: | Indiana |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1916 |
| Coach Team2: | East Aurora HS (IL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1919–1921 |
| Coach Team3: | Lincoln HS (NE) |
| Coach Years4: | 1922–1925 |
| Coach Team4: | Colorado College |
| Coach Years5: | 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team5: | Northern Normal |
| Coach Years6: | 1930–1934 |
| Coach Team6: | Western State (CO) |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1922–1926 |
| Coach Team8: | Colorado College |
| Coach Years9: | 1927–1929 |
| Coach Team9: | Northern Normal |
| Coach Years10: | 1930–1934 |
| Coach Team10: | Western State (CO) |
| Admin Years1: | 1922–1925 |
| Admin Team1: | Colorado College |
| Overall Record: | 25–47–6 (college football) 93–59 (college basketball) |
Telfer Lamar Mead (March 3, 1888 – June 3, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Colorado College from 1922 to 1925, Northern Normal and Industrial School—now known as Northern State University—in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1927 to 1928, and Western State College of Colorado—now known as Western Colorado University—in Gunnison, Colorado from 1930 to 1934, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–47–6. He was also the head basketball coach at Colorado College from 1922 to 1926, Northern Normal and Industrial from 1927 to 1929, and Western State from 1930 to 1934, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 93–59.[2] [3]