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{{Infobox person
|name=Murrell Eugene "Boots" Garland
|birth_date=1933
|birth_place=Haughton, Bossier Parish, [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=January 11, 2016
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]
|spouse=JoAnne Schoonmaker Garland
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|party=
}}
'''Murrell Eugene Garland''', known as '''Boots Garland''' (1933 – January 11, 2016), was the head [[Athletics|track and field]] coach at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] during the 1982 season. From 1971 to 1981 and in 1983, he was the assistant track coach under head coaches Joe May (four seasons), Bill McClure (five seasons), and Billy Maxwell (one season).<ref name=obit/>
'''Murrell Eugene Garland''', known as '''Boots Garland''' (1933 – January 11, 2016), was the head [[Athletics|track and field]] coach at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] during the 1982 season. From 1971 to 1981 and in 1983, he was the assistant track coach under head coaches Joe May (four seasons), Bill McClure (five seasons), and Billy Maxwell (one season).<ref name=obit/>
In 1991, Garland was cast as Coach Pendleton, the high school coach of basketball great [[Pete Maravich]], in the film, ''The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend.'' Adam Buier (born 1976), a native of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, portrayed Maravich as a boy; Tom Lester (born 1938), formerly of the [[CBS]] [[Sitcom|situation comedy]] ''Green Acres'', portrayed him as an adult.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307558/bio|title=Murrell Garland|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref>
In 1991, Garland was cast as Coach Pendleton, the high school coach of basketball great [[Pete Maravich]], in the film, ''The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend.'' Adam Buier (born 1976), a native of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana, portrayed Maravich as a boy; Tom Lester (born 1938), formerly of the [[CBS]] [[Sitcom|situation comedy]] ''Green Acres'', portrayed him as an adult.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307558/bio|title=Murrell Garland|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=January 14, 2016}}</ref>
Garland had a history of congestive heart failure. He died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-two. Survivors included his wife, the former JoAnne Schoonmaker; four daughters and their husbands, Alison Dias Edmonson, Dana Dias Sutton, Mitzi Dias Barber, and Laura Dias Murray, and ten grandchildren. Garland embraced [[Jesus Christ]] late in life. He was active in River Church South, established by the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge, where his services were held. He is interred at Resthaven Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
Garland had a history of congestive heart failure. He died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-two. Survivors included his wife, the former JoAnne Schoonmaker (born May 12, 1940); four daughters and their husbands, Alison Dias Edmonson, Dana Dias Sutton, Mitzi Dias Barber, and Laura Dias Murray, and ten grandchildren. Garland embraced [[Jesus Christ]] late in life. He was active in River Church South, established by the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Baton Rouge, where his services were held. He is interred at Resthaven Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>