page_title: Lester Barnard
hierarchical_section_title: Lester Barnard
caption_attribution_description: English: Lester S Barnard
context_page_description: Lester Smith Barnard was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track coach. He served as the head football coach at West Tennessee Normal 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. In 1985, he died at the age of 90 in California.
context_section_description: 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 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. In 1985, he died at the age of 90 in California.
caption: Barnard pictured in Ozarko 1916, Missouri State yearbook (while attending the college)
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