Carl William Prause (October 5, 1893 – March 26, 1970) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as a second lieutenant in the 118th Infantry 30th Division in the United States Army during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He was the seventh head football coach at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, serving for eight seasons, from 1922 to 1929, and compiling a record of 41–32–4. He died at a Charleston hospital in 1970.