Cogdal (March 22, 1897 – July 3, 1978) and an American football and basketball coach.
He was the 11th head football coach at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—in Normal, Illinois, serving for four seasons, from 1927 until 1930, and compiling a record of 7–23–2.
After arriving at the university in 1927, he remained until at least the 1960s.