Garland Folsom Pinholster (February 19, 1928 – September 20, 2020) was an athletic director as well as college basketball, baseball, and tennis coach, elected to the Oglethorpe Athletic Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1962.

He was a basketball player for North Georgia College, a member of a team that won a state title in 1950.

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[7] He wrote several books on the sport, including Coach's Guide to Modern Basketball Defense .

He coached the United States men's national basketball team including a gold medal finish at the 1963 Pan American Games and fourth-place finish in the 1963 FIBA World Championship.