Pete Golding (born February 8, 1984) is an American football coach who currently serves as the head coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), a role he was promoted to in November 2025. A former standout safety at Delta State, Golding built his reputation as a defensive specialist at schools like Southeastern Louisiana, Southern Miss, and UTSA before joining Nick Saban's staff at Alabama in 2017, where he was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2019 and won a national championship in 2020. After joining Ole Miss as defensive coordinator in January 2023, he was elevated to head coach on November 30, 2025, following Lane Kiffin's departure to LSU. In his head coaching debut, he led the Rebels to a College Football Playoff first-round win over Tulane and a thrilling 39–34 Sugar Bowl victory over No. 3 Georgia before falling to Miami in the next round. Notably, his career has also included a 2022 DUI arrest while at Alabama, adding a personal controversy to an otherwise rapid rise in the coaching ranks.