| Rip Major | |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Albany, Georgia, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1910–1912 |
| Player Team2: | Auburn |
| Player Positions: | Fullback, quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1913 |
| Coach Team2: | Clemson (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1919 |
| Coach Team3: | Wofford |
| Coach Years4: | 1922–1926 |
| Coach Team4: | Wofford |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team6: | Wofford |
| Coach Years7: | 1921–1926 |
| Coach Team7: | Wofford |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team9: | Wofford |
| Overall Record: | 19–34–1 (football) |
| Awards: | All-Southern (1912) |
John Perry "Rip" Major (December 26, 1889 – January 21, 1934) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wofford College in 1919 and again from 1922 to 1926, compiling a record of 19–34–1.
Major was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He was also a center on the basketball team.
Major was captain of the team in 1912.[1] He was selected All-Southern.[2]
Major coached the Wofford Terriers football teams of Wofford College in 1919 and from 1922 to 1926.[3]