| Tal Stafford | |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1909–1911 |
| Player Team2: | North Carolina A&M |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1909–1912 |
| Player Team4: | North Carolina A&M |
| Player Years5: | 1912 |
| Player Team5: | Ashville Moonshiners |
| Player Years6: | 1913 |
| Player Team6: | Middlesboro Colonels |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback, end (football) Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1917 |
| Coach Team2: | NC State (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1918 |
| Coach Team3: | NC State |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1918–1919 |
| Coach Team5: | NC State |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1918 |
| Coach Team7: | NC State (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1919 |
| Coach Team8: | NC State |
| Admin Years1: | 1918–1920 |
| Admin Team1: | NC State |
| Overall Record: | 1–3 (football) 11–3 (basketball) 12–11 (baseball) |
Talmage Holt "Tal" Stafford (January 7, 1890 – May 24, 1967) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University in 1918, compiling a record of 1–3. Stafford was also head basketball coach at NC State that same academic year, 1918–19, tallying a mark of 11–3, and the baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1919, amassing a record of 12–11.
He was also the founding coach of the Cary High School football team in Cary, North Carolina.[1]