Chester C. Dillon (January 14, 1887 – October 11, 1972) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (1915–1916), Simpson College (1916–1917), Howard College in Homewood, Alabama—now known as Samford University (1919, 1927–1928), Oshkosh State Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1920), Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky (1929–1930), and Jacksonville State Teachers College—now known as Jacksonville State University (1938–1939, 1945). Dillon was born on January 14, 1887 in Normal, Illinois. He died on October 11, 1972.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
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| Dakota Wesleyan Tigers (Independent) |
| 1915 | Dakota Wesleyan | 7–2 | | | |
| 1916 | Dakota Wesleyan | 1–7 | | | |
| Dakota Wesleyan: | 8–9 | | |
| Simpson Redmen (Independent) |
| 1916 | Simpson | 2–3 | | | |
| 1917 | Simpson | 0–5–1 | | | |
| Simpson: | 2–8–1 | | |
| Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) |
| 1919 | Howard | 3–5–2 | 0–4 | T–22nd | |
| Oshkosh State Titans (Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin) |
| 1920 | Oshkosh State | 6–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | |
| Oshkosh State: | 6–1–1 | 4–0–1 | |
| Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) |
| 1927 | Howard | 7–2–2 | 1–2–1 | 13th | |
| 1928 | Howard | 6–4–1 | | | |
| Howard: | 16–11–5 | | |
| Georgetown Tigers (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) |
| 1929 | Georgetown | | | | |
| 1930 | Georgetown | | | | |
| Georgetown: | 7–11 | | |
| Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Independent) |
| 1938 | Jacksonville State | 1–6–1 | | | |
| 1939 | Jacksonville State | 0–7–2 | | | |
| Jacksonville State Gamecocks (Independent) |
| 1945 | Jacksonville State | 1–1 | | | |
| Jacksonville State: | 2–14–3 | | |
| Total: | 41–54–10 | |
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