Cody Hanson (born May 24, 1982) is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer and one of the founding members in the Oklahoma based rock band Hinder and co-owns the production company Back Lounge Productions with bandmate Marshal Dutton. Hanson has also provided drum work in the country group Drankmore.

Hanson was born in Plano, Texas but relocated to Jones, Oklahoma with his family when he was one year old. At the age of 12, Hanson received his first drum kit as a Christmas gift. He immediately fell in love with the drums and began teaching himself how to play, he started a band in middle school but lost interest in the drums by high school and began playing guitar.

While studying business and marketing at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2001, Hanson with the help of Joe "Blower" Garvey, met Austin John Winkler at a college party while Austin was singing in a cover band. Hanson bragged of Austin saying he was "blown away" and "he has the kind of charisma very few people have and that unique voice. You can't really compare him to anybody." Shortly after, the three got together and formed Hinder. Before forming the band, Hanson said that he had not picked up a set of drumsticks for over two years before the day Hinder began.

Hanson alongside Winkler and Garvey recorded their first band practice with a karaoke machine and for the next week let everyone they knew listen to their tape. For the next few years Hanson continued to go to school for business and marketing and took everything he knew and incorporated it into the music business.

In late 2003 Hanson released his first EP with Hinder titled Far from Close. The EP was released via Brickden Records and sold 5,000 copies.

After the success of the group's debut EP Far from Close and extensive touring, including building a local fan base at the local Oklahoma City club The Blue Note, Hanson and the other members in Hinder were offered recording contracts with Atlantic Records, Roadrunner Records and Universal Records, eventually signing with Universal in January 2005.

Hanson released his debut album with Hinder titled Extreme Behavior, which Hanson didn't play on, September 27, 2005. The album spawned the hit singles, "Get Stoned", "Better Than Me", and "Lips of an Angel". To date the album is 3× platinum. Hanson along with Winkler wrote the majority of the songs on the album.

After touring nonstop in support of Extreme Behavior from 2006 to late 2007, Hanson and his other bandmates began writing and recording for their next album. In July 2008 Hanson released the lead single titled "Use Me" from his band's sophomore album Take It to the Limit.