Hershell West (July 8, 1940 – January 28, 2023) was an American basketball player and coach.

[4] West played college basketball for the Tigers for four years, where he won a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship in 1961 and was a two-time first-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) selection in 1962 and 1963.

He became a basketball coach for Richwood High School in Louisiana, where he served as a mentor to future NBA player Larry Wright.

[8] Wright honored West by turning down other collegiate offers to attend Grambling State and play for the Tigers.

[9] West was an inaugural member of the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.