| Eddie Payne | |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1969–1973 |
| Player Team1: | Wake Forest |
| Coach Years1: | 1976–1978 |
| Coach Team1: | Clemson (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1978–1979 |
| Coach Team2: | Truett McConnell |
| Coach Years3: | 1979–1981 |
| Coach Team3: | East Carolina (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1981–1986 |
| Coach Team4: | Belmont Abbey |
| Coach Years5: | 1986–1991 |
| Coach Team5: | South Carolina (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1991–1995 |
| Coach Team6: | East Carolina |
| Coach Years7: | 1995–2000 |
| Coach Team7: | Oregon State |
| Coach Years8: | 2000–2002 |
| Coach Team8: | Greensboro |
| Coach Years9: | 2002–2017 |
| Coach Team9: | USC Upstate |
| Overall Record: | 484–474 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 2–4 (CIT) 1–2 (NCAA Division II) |
| Championships: | CAA tournament (1993) Peach Belt regular season (2005) Peach Belt tournament (2006) |
| Awards: | Hugh Durham Award (2012) Peach Belt Coach of the Year (2005) Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2012) NABC DII South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005) |
Edward G. Payne (July 10, 1951 – July 7, 2021) was an American college basketball coach and the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Payne led the USC Upstate Spartans through their first season of Division I competition in 2007–2008. In 2012, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year. Prior to arriving at USC Upstate, Payne was a Div I head coach at Oregon State University and East Carolina University.[1] Payne's son, Luke, was one of his assistant coaches at USC Upstate from 2012 to 2015.[2] Payne announced his retirement from USC Upstate on October 3, 2017, citing complications from ankle surgeries in the off-season.[3] He died in 2021, due to complications of a stroke at the age of 69[4]