| Ernie Hefferle | |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Herminie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1930s |
| Player Team1: | Duquesne |
| Coach Years1: | 1951–1958 |
| Coach Team1: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1959 |
| Coach Team2: | Washington Redskins (OL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1960–1961 |
| Coach Team3: | Boston College |
| Coach Years4: | 1962–1964 |
| Coach Team4: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1965 |
| Coach Team5: | Pittsburgh Steelers (OL) |
| Coach Years6: | 1966–1969 |
| Coach Team6: | Miami Dolphins (OL)[1] |
| Coach Years7: | 1970–1971 |
| Coach Team7: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1975 |
| Coach Team8: | New Orleans Saints (interim HC) |
| Admin Years1: | 1972–1975 |
| Admin Team1: | New Orleans Saints (personnel director) |
| Overall Record: | 7–12–1 (college) 1–7 (NFL) |
Ernest Edward Hefferle (January 12, 1915 – August 8, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Boston College from 1960 to 1961 and as the interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) in 1975. A football star at Duquesne University, Hefferle pulled in a fourth quarter bomb from Boyd Brombaugh to win the 1937 Orange Bowl for the Dukes. He served as a high school coach in South Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and Tarentum, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1950. From 1951 to 1958, he was assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1959, he was an assistant under Mike Nixon with the Washington Redskins. He was head coach of the Boston College Eagles from 1960 to 1961, where he had a 7–12–1 record. On December 21, 1961 he resigned his position as head coach. From 1962 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1971, he was again and assistant at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1965, he served under former boss Mike Nixon on the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff. In 1975 Hefferle, then the Saints' director of pro personnel was hired as interim head after the firing of John North. He had a record 1–7 in his one half season as the Saints interim head coach.