Walter Ross Borthwick (4 April 1948 – 24 April 2021) was a Scottish football player and coach. He played for Greenock Morton, Brighton & Hove Albion, East Fife, St Mirren, St Johnstone, and Dunfermline Athletic. He later managed Arbroath and was the first team coach at Hearts during most of the 1980s. Borthwick subsequently worked for the Scottish Football Association in East Lothian, before retiring in March 2013.