Carroll Dawson (May 3, 1938 – September 9, 2024) was an American assistant coach and general manager in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

A native of Alba, Texas, Dawson played collegiate basketball at Paris Junior College, where he attained the nickname, "Big Orange" and at Baylor University, during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

He then worked as a scout for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and as a salesman for Converse shoes, before becoming an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets in 1979.

Unable to continue his coaching duties, Dawson moved to the Rockets' front office, becoming general manager in 1996.

After announcing Daryl Morey as his successor, the Rockets honored Dawson by hanging a banner with the initials "CD" in the rafters of the Toyota Center, during a game with the Phoenix Suns.