Telfer Lamar Mead (March 3, 1888 â June 3, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Colorado College from 1922 to 1925, Northern Normal and Industrial SchoolâÂÂnow known as Northern State UniversityâÂÂin Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1927 to 1928, and Western State College of ColoradoâÂÂnow known as Western Colorado UniversityâÂÂin Gunnison, Colorado from 1930 to 1934, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25âÂÂ47âÂÂ6. He was also the head basketball coach at Colorado College from 1922 to 1926, Northern Normal and Industrial from 1927 to 1929, and Western State from 1930 to 1934, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 93âÂÂ59.