Ernest "Pot" Graves (March 27, 1880 – June 9, 1953) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and United States Army officer.

He later served in Mexico with General John J. Pershing, commanding the engineering company that built roads to allow supplies to be provided to the Army.

During World War I, he was placed in charge of the Intermediate Section and was responsible for building warehouses used to supply the Army in France.

He received the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts during the war, the citation for which reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Ernest Graves, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I.

Graves died at the age of 73 on June 9, 1953, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.[4] # denotes interim head coach