| Eddie McLane | |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Pinckard, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Howard (AL) |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | c. 1920 |
| Player Team4: | Howard (AL) |
| Coach Years2: | 1924–1926 |
| Coach Team2: | Anniston HS (AL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team3: | Howard (AL) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1929–1933 |
| Coach Team4: | Howard (AL) |
| Coach Years5: | 1934–1938 |
| Coach Team5: | Louisiana Tech |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1927–1931 |
| Coach Team7: | Howard (AL) |
| Coach Years8: | 1932–1934 |
| Coach Team8: | Howard (AL) |
| Coach Years9: | 1934–1936 |
| Coach Team9: | Louisiana Tech |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1928–1929 |
| Coach Team11: | Howard (AL) |
| Coach Years12: | 1932 |
| Coach Team12: | Howard (AL) |
| Coach Years13: | 1934–1937 |
| Coach Team13: | Louisiana Tech |
| Admin Years1: | 1929–1934 |
| Admin Team1: | Howard (AL) |
| Admin Years2: | 1939 |
| Admin Team2: | Louisiana Tech |
| Overall Record: | 55–38–10 (college football) 64–84 (college basketball) |
| Championships: | Football Dixie (1933) |
Lovick Pierce "Eddie" McLane (August 9, 1899 – June 22, 1980)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach at Anniston High School, Samford University (then named Howard College), and Louisiana Tech University. All three schools where McLane coached are nicknamed the Bulldogs. In McLane's final football season at Samford in 1933, his Bulldogs were Dixie Conference champions. McLane died on June 22, 1980, in Ruston, Louisiana.[2]