Mahmoud Bayati (Persian: محمود بیاتی; 22 March 1928 – 2 December 2022) was an Iranian football player and coach.

[1] Six years after retirement from his club career, Bayati was named as Taj's head coach in 1966.

He resigned after the tournaments in protest to the then President of Iran Football Federation and was succeeded by Zdravko Rajkov.

He returned to the national team after four years and was re-appointed head coach in 1972 after the resignation of Mohammad Ranjbar.

Bayati led the team in the 1972 Summer Olympics with bad results and was unable to be qualified to the 1974 FIFA World Cup.