Héctor Hernán Pinto Lara (born 12 June 1951) is a Chilean former footballer and manager.
Following his retirement as a player, Pinto started his career with Unión Española in 1986.
Pinto stood out as manager of Universidad de Chile in 2004.
In addition to senior teams, Pinto is better known by coaching youth teams of clubs such as Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Cruz Azul. He also led the Chile national teams at under-17, under-23 and under-20 levels.
In January 2017 he flew to China at the request of Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini to be the manager of the reserve team of Hebei Fortune and will work closely with Pellegrini to promote players to the first division side, which Pellegrini currently manages.