| Erv Pitts | |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Neodesha, Kansas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1941–1942 |
| Player Team2: | Missouri |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1948–1949 |
| Coach Team2: | Aberdeen HS (WA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1950 |
| Coach Team3: | Caruthersville HS (MO) |
| Coach Years4: | 1953 |
| Coach Team4: | Peru State (line) |
| Coach Years5: | 1954–1955 |
| Coach Team5: | Dakota Wesleyan |
| Coach Years6: | 1956–1960 |
| Coach Team6: | South Dakota (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1964–1968 |
| Coach Team7: | Peru State |
| Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
| Coach Years9: | 1954–1956 |
| Coach Team9: | Dakota Wesleyan |
| Coach Years10: | 1973 |
| Coach Team10: | Peru State |
| Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
| Coach Years12: | 1958 |
| Coach Team12: | South Dakota |
| Admin Years1: | 1964–? |
| Admin Team1: | Peru State |
| Overall Record: | 20–38–4 (college football) 22–22 (college basketball) |
| Championships: | Football 1 NCC (1964) |
Ervin Ralph Pitts (September 14, 1920 – January 17, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.[1]
He served as a head coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota in football (1954 to 1955) and basketball (1954 to 1956).[2] Pitts then served in a similar capacity at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, first as a head football coach (1964 to 1968) and then as head men's basketball coach (1973).[3]
A native of Coffeyville, Kansas, Pitts played college football at the University of Missouri. As a quarterback for the Missouri Tigers, he led a split-T offense for head coach Don Faurot.[4]