Leland E. Byrd (April 8, 1927 – January 19, 2022) was an American college athletic administrator, basketball player and coach.

Byrd enrolled at WVU in 1944, and because of a shortage of players due to World War II he was able to play as a freshman.

Byrd enjoyed a four-year college career for the Mountaineers, earning All-America honors from the Helms Athletic Foundation as a junior in 1947.

From there he was hired as head basketball coach at Glenville State College and was named the school's athletic director in 1962.

[4] He then moved to a teaching position at Miami Dade College's north campus, which was quickly expanded to include assistant athletic director duties.