| George Ridings | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1907 |
| Death Date: | November 16, 1958 (aged 51) |
| Player Sport1: | Basketball |
| Player Years2: | 1967–1929 |
| Player Team2: | Oregon |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1925 |
| Player Team4: | Oregon |
| Player Years5: | 1927–1929 |
| Player Team5: | Oregon |
| Player Positions: | Guard (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Basketball |
| Coach Years2: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team2: | Columbia (JV) |
| Coach Years3: | 1946–1950 |
| Coach Team3: | Columbia |
| Overall Record: | 70–21 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–2 (NCAA) |
| Championships: | 2 EIBL (1946, 1947) |
| Awards: | 2× All-PCC Northern Division (1928, 1929) |
Gordon Ridings (c. 1907 – November 16, 1958) was an American college basketball player and coach. He served as head basketball coach at Columbia University from 1946 until 1950, when he suffered a heart attack and handed over coaching duties to Lou Rossini. Ridings graduated of University of Oregon in 1929, where he was a two-time All-Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division selection (1928, 1929). Ridings was remembered as one of the first great teachers of defensive basketball. Story has it that Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics often came to Morningside Heights to learn how to coach defense.[1] Ridings died of a heart attack, on November 16, 1958, at the age of 51.[2]