| Gene Berry | |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Cooke County, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1912–1913 |
| Player Team2: | Texas |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1914–1919 |
| Coach Team2: | Sam Houston Normal |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1917–1919 |
| Coach Team4: | Sam Houston Normal |
| Overall Record: | 14–15–1 (football) 14–0 (basketball) |
Eugene Riley Berry (December 7, 1891 – November 28, 1968) was an American football player and collegiate athletics coach. He is credited with founding the athletic department at Sam Houston State University–then known as Sam Houston Normal Institute–in 1914.[1] He served as the school's head football coach (1914–1917, 1919) and head men's basketball coach (1917–1919).[2]
Berry played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, earning letters in 1912 and 1913.[3]