José Luis Pavoni (born 23 May 1954) is an Argentine football coach and former player.
As a defender, he won honours with all four of his club teams (Newell's Old Boys, River Plate, Tecos, and Argentinos Juniors) and also represented the Argentina national football team internationally at the 1975 Copa América.
In 1974, he was part of the squad that won the Metropolitano, bringing Newell's their first major championship title.
In 1982, he joined Mexican side UNAM Pumas where he was part of the squad that won the 1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
He was field assistant to Ramón Díaz at River Plate as they won the Copa Libertadores in 1996, he has been involved with the youth teams at Argentinos Juniors and at Newell's Old Boys.