| Tom Kibler | |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Chestertown, Maryland, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Baseball |
| Player Years2: | 1910–1912 |
| Player Team2: | Chillicothe Infants |
| Player Years3: | 1913–1914 |
| Player Team3: | San Antonio Bronchos |
| Player Years4: | 1914 |
| Player Team4: | Beaumont Oilers |
| Player Years5: | 1916 |
| Player Team5: | Newark Indians |
| Player Positions: | Shortstop |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1916–1925 |
| Coach Team2: | Washington College |
| Coach Years3: | 1928–1932 |
| Coach Team3: | Washington College |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1908–1910 |
| Coach Team5: | Ohio State |
| Coach Years6: | 1913–1917 |
| Coach Team6: | Washington College |
| Coach Years7: | 1919–1939 |
| Coach Team7: | Washington College |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1914–1942 |
| Coach Team9: | Washington College |
| Coach Years10: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team10: | Washington College |
| Coach Years11: | 1952–1959 |
| Coach Team11: | Washington College |
| Admin Years1: | 1937–1949 |
| Admin Team1: | Eastern Shore League (president) |
| Overall Record: | 300–110 (basketball) 299–182–12 (baseball) |
John Thomas Kibler (July 17, 1886 – October 18, 1971) was an American baseball player, coach of basketball and baseball, college athletics administrator and Minor League Baseball executive. He was a coach at Washington College, in various capacities, for over half a century. His duties included coaching the baseball, basketball and football teams.
Prior to joining the Washington College staff, Kibler had been a baseball and basketball coach at the Ohio State University. He coached the basketball team from 1908 to 1910 and compiled a record of 22–2. He still holds the school coaching record for highest winning percentage.
Kibler joined the Washington College staff in 1913. He coached the basketball team until 1939, going 272–108 during those years.[1]
From 1937 to 1949, he was the President of the Eastern Shore League. He is perhaps best known for a decision he made in 1937 to forfeit all of the Salisbury Indians's wins midway through the season, under shaky evidence. The ruling was later called "stupid," "unjust," and "unfair."[2] Salisbury eventually came back to win the league championship.[3]
Kibler died on October 18, 1971, at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.[4] He was inducted into the Washington College Hall of Fame on October 9, 1981.[5]