Walter Hempel (February 15, 1876 – June 17, 1949) was an American football, baseball and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Pomona College in 1903 and at St. Vincent's College in Los Angeles, California from 1907 to 1908. Hempel later worked in real estate in Lake Tahoe, California. He was killed there on June 17, 1949 in an apparent robbery-murder. References 1876 births 1949 deaths American real estate businesspeople German emigrants to the United States Loyola Marymount Lions athletic directors Loyola Lions football coaches North Dakota Fighting Hawks baseball coaches North Dakota Fighting Hawks athletic directors Northwestern Wildcats track and field coaches Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens football coaches Knox Prairie Fire track and field coaches High school football coaches in California Sportspeople from Dresden Deaths by firearm in California People murdered in California