Herb Alward

James Herbert Alward (November 1, 1865 – December 21, 1897) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the third head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1891, compiling a record of 3–1–1. Alward coached for the Armour Institute (later merged into Illinois Institute of Technology) and Rush Medical College.

As a player, Alward was a member of Harvard's national championship team of 1890. He played amateur club football with Chicago's University Club in 1891 and the Chicago Athletic Association in 1892 and 1893, serving as team captain in 1893.

Alward died of typhoid fever, in 1897.