Ernest Payson Goodrich (May 7, 1874 – October 7, 1955)[1] was an American pioneer in urban planning and engineering,[2] the first president of the Institute of Transportation Engineers,[3] and the third head coach of the Michigan State Normal School football team (now Eastern Michigan University).
[4] In addition to coaching duties, the 1893 yearbook refers to Goodrich as the first gym instructor to begin "systematic training for definite ends.
Early in his career he was a civil engineer for the United States Navy for four years.
Later in his career he worked as a consultant in private practice and he drafted city plans for Huangpu and Nanking, China, and port facility plans for Huangpu and for Bogota, Colombia.
He was a planning consultant for the cities of Cincinnati, Ohio, Norfolk, Virginia, Newark, New Jersey, Springfield, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut.