| Ulysses S. McPherson | |
| Player Years1: | 1946–1947 |
| Player Team1: | Tennessee A&I |
| Coach Years1: | 1948–1950 |
| Coach Team1: | Morristown |
| Coach Years2: | 1954–1957 |
| Coach Team2: | Mississippi Vocational |
| Coach Years3: | 1958–1959 |
| Coach Team3: | Druid HS (AL) |
| Coach Years4: | 1960–? |
| Coach Team4: | Arkansas AM&N (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1969–1970 |
| Coach Team5: | Jackson State |
| Coach Years6: | 1971 |
| Coach Team6: | Alabama State (assistant) |
| Admin Years1: | 1972–? |
| Admin Team1: | Alabama State (acting AD) |
| Overall Record: | 14–5 (high school) |
| Championships: | 3 SCAC (1955–1957) |
Ulysses Simpson "Killer" McPherson Jr. was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the second head football coach at Mississippi Vocational College—now known as Mississippi Valley State University—in Itta Bena, Mississippi, serving for four seasons, from 1954 to 1957, and compiling a record of 26–8–2.[1] McPherson was the head football coach at Jackson State University from 1969 to 1970, where he accumulated a two-year record of 6–13.[2]
McPherson was hired in 1971 as an assistant football coach at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. He was appointed the acting athletic director at Alabama State in February 1972.[3] He was later the athletic director at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and oversaw the Summer Youth Sports Program in Princess Anne, Maryland.