Lake F. Russell (April 6, 1898 – December 26, 1980) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman College from 1924 to 1928 and compiled a record of 16–20–3. After leaving Carson–Newman, Russell coached at Mercer University from 1929 to 1940 and compiled a record of 46–61–5. He also served as head men's basketball coach at Mercer from 1929 to 1930, from 1932 to 1934 and again from 1936 to 1939. Serving as an assistant coach since 1949, Russell was named head coach in 1954 at

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. He served as head coach at Miami Beach through August 1955 when he resigned to become the superintendent of the State Training & Agricultural School in Nashville, Tennessee. A native of Ducktown, Tennessee, Russell graduated from Carson–Newman in 1925. He died on December 26, 1980, at River Park Hospital in

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