| Sam Hindsman | |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Itta Bena, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1939–1940 |
| Player Team2: | West Tennessee |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1939–1941 |
| Player Team4: | West Tennessee |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Dermott HS (AR) |
| Coach Years3: | 1944 |
| Coach Team3: | North Little Rock HS (AR) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team4: | Arkansas State Teachers (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1954–1958 |
| Coach Team5: | Arkansas Tech |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1944–1945 |
| Coach Team7: | Arkansas State Teachers |
| Coach Years8: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team8: | Arkansas State Teachers |
| Coach Years9: | 1947–1966 |
| Coach Team9: | Arkansas Tech |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1953–1956 |
| Coach Team11: | Arkansas Tech |
| Overall Record: | 31–16–2 (college football) 384–159 (college basketball) 24–16 (college baseball) |
Samuel Felix Hindsman Jr. (October 31, 1917 – June 16, 1997) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He was a standout athlete at West Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as the University of Memphis—from 1939 to 1941.[1] After coaching at a pair of Arkansas high schools, Hindsman served as the head basketball coach at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas from 1944 to 1945 and again from 1946 to 1947. He moved to Russellville, Arkansas, where he served as the head basketball coach at Arkansas Tech University from 1947 to 1966.[2] Hindsman also served as the head baseball coach (1953 to 1956) and head football coach (1954 to 1958) at Arkansas Tech.