Lawrence Joseph Staverman (October 11, 1936 – July 12, 2007)[1] was an American professional basketball player and coach.

He had a five-year career as a player in the NBA, with the Royals, the Chicago Zephyrs/Baltimore Bullets, and the Detroit Pistons.

Staverman was the first coach of the American Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers.

He later served as an interim coach for the Kansas City Kings in the 1977–78 season after they had won just thirteen of 37 games to start the year.

He was replaced by Cotton Fitzsimmons as head coach for the next season, although he stayed with the Kings until May 1981, when he resigned organization to join the Cleveland Browns as an assistant to the team president.