Lawrence William Boynton (August 12, 1877 – June 19, 1937) was an American football player, coach, collegiate track and field athlete, and lawyer. He served as the head coach at the University of Kansas in 1900, at Sewanee: The University of the South in 1902, and at Washington University in St. Louis from 1903 to 1904, compiling a career college football record of 17–18–4.