Samuel Cutter Costen (May 18, 1882 – January 21, 1955) was an American football player and coach. Costen was a quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. As a player, he weighed some 150 pounds. He was the third head football at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, serving two seasons, from 1909 to 1910, and compiling a record of 7–7–2. He also coached in . Costen graduated from Vanderbilt in 1908 with an LL.B. degree. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.