| Eddie King | |
| Birth Date: | 9 July 1912 |
| Birth Place: | War Eagle, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1933–1935 |
| Player Team2: | Marshall |
| Player Positions: | Center, guard |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1942–1943 |
| Coach Team2: | Charleston HS (WV) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1945 |
| Coach Team3: | Charleston HS (WV) |
| Coach Years4: | 1946 |
| Coach Team4: | Morris Harvey (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1946–1956 |
| Coach Team5: | Morris Harvey |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1946–1956 |
| Coach Team7: | Morris Harvey |
| Admin Years1: | 1946–1957 |
| Admin Team1: | Morris Harvey |
| Overall Record: | 63–33–4 (college football) |
| Bowl Record: | 3–1 |
| Championships: | Football 5 WVIAC (1948, 1950–1951, 1953–1954) |
Carl Edward King (July 9, 1912 – August 12, 1963) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach, head basketball coach, and athletic director at Morris Harvey College—now known as the University of Charleston—in Charleston, West Virginia from 1946 to 1957.
King attended Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia, where he was an all-state center in 1930. He then played college football at Marshall College—now known as Marshall University at the center and guard positions under head coach Cam Henderson. King later earned a master's degree from the University of Michigan in education and physical education.[1] [2]
King came to Morris Harvey in 1946 as an assistant football coach under Alderson Propps. When Propps resigned in October of that year, King succeeded him as head football coach, first in an acting capacity and later on a permanent basis.[3] [4]
King died on August 12, 1963, at a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, following an illness lasting six weeks.[5]