| Gene McMurray | |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Huntington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Oxford, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1922–1925 |
| Player Team2: | Maryville |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1929–1931 |
| Coach Team2: | Milligan |
| Coach Years3: | 1932–1946 |
| Coach Team3: | East Tennessee State |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1933–1947 |
| Coach Team5: | East Tennessee State |
| Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
| Coach Years7: | 1934–1937 |
| Coach Team7: | East Tennessee State |
| Admin Years1: | 1929–1932 |
| Admin Team1: | Milligan |
| Overall Record: | 62–39–11 (football) 90–84 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Football 1 Smoky Mountain (1938) |
Jean Gordon "Gene" McMurray (July 25, 1902 – January 2, 1971) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Milligan College—now known as Milligan University—in Milligan College, Tennessee, from 1929 to 1931 and East Tennessee State College—now known as East Tennessee State University—in Johnson City, Tennessee, from 1932 to 1946.[1] McMurray was also the head basketball coach at East Tennessee State from 1933 to 1947.
A native of Huntington, Indiana, McMurray was a graduate of Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee. He earned a master's degree from Peabody College and Vanderbilt University and a doctorate in physical education from New York University. McMurray resigned from his coaching post at East Tennessee State in 1947 to head the physical education department at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).[2] He died on January 2, 1971, in Oxford, Mississippi, after an apparent heart attack.[3]