Monte Charles

Monte Blue Charles (March 27, 1930 – May 8, 1992) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1966 to 1968, the University of Wisconsin–Superior from 1970 to 1971, and the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point from 1972 to 1976, compiling a career college football coaching record of 48–44–1.

Charles was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 1951 NFL Draft. He was appointed interim head football coach Wisconsin–Stevens Point in October 1972 after Pat O'Halloran was fired four games into the season. Charles resigned from his post at Wisconsin–Stevens Point in the spring of 1977 after he was stricken with leukemia. He died on May 8, 1992, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, after suffering a heart attack.