| Thurlo McCrady | |
| Birth Date: | 31 July 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Coon Rapids, Iowa, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Lake San Marcos, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Hastings |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1932–1940 |
| Coach Team2: | Hastings |
| Coach Years3: | 1941–1946 |
| Coach Team3: | South Dakota State |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1930s |
| Coach Team5: | Hastings |
| Coach Years6: | 1941–1947 |
| Coach Team6: | South Dakota State |
| Admin Years1: | ?–1941 |
| Admin Team1: | Hastings |
| Admin Years2: | 1941–1947 |
| Admin Team2: | South Dakota State |
| Admin Years3: | 1947–1951 |
| Admin Team3: | Kansas State |
| Admin Years4: | 1959–1967 |
| Admin Team4: | AFL (asst. commissioner) |
| Admin Years5: | 1967–1976 |
| Admin Team5: | ABA (exec. dir.) |
| Overall Record: | 58–40–10 (football) |
| Championships: | Football 6 NCAC (1932–1933, 1935–1937, 1940) |
Thurlo E. "Mac" McCrady (July 31, 1907 – May 27, 1999) was an American football, basketball, and track coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He served as the head football coach at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska from 1932 to 1940 and South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota from 1941 to 1946. McCrady was also the athletic director at South Dakota State fem 1941 to 1947 and Kansas State University from 1947 to 1951. He was the assistant commissioner of the American Football League (AFL) from 1959 to 1967 and executive director of the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1967 to 1976.
McCrady graduated from Hasting in 1929 and earned a master's degree in physical education at the University of Southern California in 1940. He died on May 27, 1999, at his home in Lake San Marcos, California.[1]