Loren Edward Ellis (January 7, 1904 – December 19, 1984) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.

[2] Ellis served as the university's athletic director; he resigned following the 1947 season in order to accept the position of head coach and general manager of the Hammond Buccaneers of the National Basketball League (NBL).

When that franchise folded in 1949, he accepted the position of head coach basketball at Stetson University.

He was the head basketball coach at Michigan City High School in Michigan City, Indiana from 1930 to 1941; totaling a record of 132-95 (.592), with 3 Sectional titles, 2 Regional titles and 2 berths in the State Semi-Finals.

[3] Ellis died on December 19, 1984, in Eustis, Florida, following an illness lasting six months.