Lafayette Stribling (June 1, 1934 – October 30, 2021) was an American basketball coach who coached 55 years at the high school level and college level. Stribling had an overall record of 442-367 at Mississippi Valley State University and Tougaloo College (315-307 at MVSU, 127-60 at Tougaloo). Stribling led Mississippi Valley State as a 16 seed to a near upset of number one seed Duke in the 1986 NCAA tournament before falling 85-78. Stribling died on October 30, 2021, at the age of 87.