Chesley Johnston

Chesley Metcalf Johnston (November 8, 1870 – October 23, 1942) was an American college football coach. He was the first head football coach at Maine State College—now known as the University of Maine—where he coached in 1892 and compiled a 0–2 record.

Johnston attended Maine State College but did not graduate. He then attended Tufts University and graduated in 1895 from the College of Letters with a bachelor of civil engineering degree. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega (ΑΤΩ) fraternity. In 1893, The Boston Globe announced that Johnston, who "played on the Tufts eleven last year," was engaged to coach the "M. S. C." football players "who are already doing excellent work". The reason for the difference between the date of the cited announcement (1893) and his coaching record (1892) is not clear. Following his graduation, Johnston pursued a career as a construction engineer. He died on October 23, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of liver cancer, at the age of 72.