Louie Nelson

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1951)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Louie Nelson

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|5|28}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| high_school = Compton (Compton, California)

| college = Washington (1970–1973)

| draft_year = 1973

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 19

| draft_team = Capital Bullets

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 15, 14, 21, 20, 11

| career_position = Point guard / shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1973|full=y}}

| team1 = Capital Bullets

| years2 = {{nbay|1974|start}}–{{nbay|1975|end}}

| team2 = New Orleans Jazz

| years3 = {{nbay|1976|full=y}}

| team3 = San Antonio Spurs

| years4 = {{nbay|1977|start}}

| team4 = Kansas City Kings

| years5 = {{nbay|1977|full=y}}

| team5 = New Jersey Nets

| highlights =

• First-team All-Pac-8 (1973)

}}

Louis Nelson (born May 28, 1951) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Nelson was drafted with the first pick in the second round of the 1973 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets. Before the 1974–75 NBA season, Nelson was taken by the New Orleans Jazz in the NBA Expansion Draft. After playing two seasons with the Jazz, the Jazz waived him. Nelson was signed by the San Antonio Spurs before the 1976–77 NBA season, but was waived after four games. In the 1977–78 NBA season, Nelson's final NBA season, he played for the Kansas City Kings and New Jersey Nets. In his NBA career, Nelson averaged 9.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.{{cite web|title=Louie Nelson NBA statistics|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nelsolo01.html|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=16 February 2025}}

Louie is now a Coach at Harbor Teacher Preperaton Academy (High School-HTPA). He coaches the girls basketball team.