Byron Anton Scott (born March 28 1961 in Ogden, Utah) is a former National Basketball Association player and current head coach of the NBA's New Orleans Hornets. He attended Arizona State University. He was well-known as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers. Scott grew up in Inglewood, California and played at Morningside High School, in the shadow of what was then the Lakers' home arena, The Forum.

Byron Scott is a freelance television reporter who works in the New York City and Philadelphia television markets. He mainly works for News Corporation's WWOR in Secaucus, New Jersey and NBC's WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.