Don Familton (born in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American boxing trainer and actor. He resides in Culver City, California.
As a young man, Familton coached volleyball for the Hollywood YMCA before going on to coach football for several high schools and junior colleges. Later, he became a boxing trainer for the YMCA, where he taught many amateur boxers. Now, he trains fighters out of Garcia Boxing, a gym in Salinas, California.
He has gained recognition in boxing circles for producing a five volume set of instructional videos and some interviews called "Don Familton's Superior Boxing" under the Straight Blast Gym (SBG) moniker. He was well known as fundamentalist and science based classical boxing coach and great teacher of boxing as sport of art.
Don Familton died in 2009.
Don was an excellent QB Coach and understood the proper mechanics better than anyone I ever coached with. He had a keen eye for talent identifying strengths and key players with ease. Always positive and supportive of his friends and co-coaches he was a mentor to a very young staff at Culver City High School and an integral part of re-building a program that fell apart in the late 80's and then resurrected several years later, due in part to Don's influence. He is sorely missed.