| Garland Nevitt | |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Date: | August 1970 (aged 83) |
| Player Sport1: | Baseball |
| Player Years2: | 1911–1913 |
| Player Team2: | Battle Creek Crickets |
| Player Years3: | 1914–1915 |
| Player Team3: | St. Thomas Saints |
| Player Positions: | Catcher |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1919 |
| Coach Team2: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team4: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
| Coach Years6: | 1918–1920 |
| Coach Team6: | Central Michigan |
| Overall Record: | 2–2–3 (football) 10–5 (basketball) 14–12–1 (baseball) |
Garland "Chief" Nevitt (February 28, 1887 – August 1970)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University for one season in 1919, compiling a record of 2–2–3. He also coached the basketball team at Central Michigan that year to a 10–5 record. He played Minor League Baseball with the Battle Creek Crickets of the Southern Michigan League from 1911 to 1913 and with the St. Thomas Saints of the Canadian League from 1914 to 1915.[2] Nevitt was a vegetarian and non-smoker.[2]
A member of the Lenape tribe who also had African-American heritage, Nevitt was born in 1887 in Kansas.[3]