Edward Paulette Hurt (February 12, 1900 – March 24, 1989) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.

Across those three sports, his teams at Morgan State won 36 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships and produced two Pro Football Hall of Famers and an Olympic gold medal winner.

He played college football at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Howard University in Washington, D.C. Hurt was inducted into the USA National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975 and the HBCU Hall of Fame in 1978.

The slightly muscled, 150-pound Hurt played football at both schools and was named an All-American at Howard.

The newlywed couple had to postpone honeymoon plans as Hurt had also landed a job in Lynchburg, Virginia to start his teaching career.

[5] More importantly, Hurt built a program that allowed black athletes to showcase their talents where such a venue had been non-existent before.

During a halftime speech, when his team trailed by two touchdowns, Hurt angrily kick at a wooden crate upon which one of his big tackles was sitting.

[8] Hurt coached the Morgan State University basketball team from 1929 to 1947, winning four CIAA championships.

His interment was completed at the Arbutus Memorial Park in southwest Baltimore County, Maryland.