| Gene Murphy | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1900 |
| Death Date: | 1976 |
| Death Place: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1921–1922 |
| Player Team2: | Notre Dame |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1927–1936 |
| Coach Team2: | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1927–1928 |
| Coach Team4: | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
| Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
| Coach Years6: | 1927–1935 |
| Coach Team6: | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
| Admin Years1: | 1927–1936 |
| Admin Team1: | Columbia (OR) / Portland |
| Overall Record: | 59–51 (college baseball) |
Eugene L. Murphy (c. 1900 – 1976) was an American football player and coach. He attended Columbia Prep in Portland, Oregon.[1] He played college football for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish football teams in 1921 and 1922.[2] He coached high school football at the then Sacred Heart College (High School Division; now "Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory")in San Francisco for the 1925 season.[3] In June 1927, he was hired as the athletic director and head football and baseball coach at Columbia University (renamed the University of Portland in 1935.[1] [4] He held that position for 10 years from 1927 to 1936. He retired in December 1936 to enter private business.[5] He was posthumously inducted into the University of Portland Hall of Fame in 1991.[1]