Gene Berry

Eugene Riley Berry (December 7, 1891 – November 28, 1968) was an American football player and collegiate athletics coach. He is credited with founding the athletic department at Sam Houston State University–then known as Sam Houston Normal Institute–in 1914. He served as the school's head football coach (1914–1917, 1919) and head men's basketball coach (1917–1919).

Berry played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, earning letters in 1912 and 1913.