"Mike" Gary (April 17, 1900 – December 30, 1969) was an American college football player and coach and athletics administrator.

He was an All-Big Ten football player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in 1926 and 1927 and served in various coaching, teaching and administrative positions at Western Michigan University from 1928 through 1967.

[1] Gary played college football for the University of Minnesota from 1925 to 1927 and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten tackle in 1926 and 1927.

In 13 years as the head football coach, Gary's teams compiled a record of 59–34–5 (.627 winning percentage) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 1,426 to 683.

[6][7] After the war, Gary returned to Western Michigan as the associate athletic director and professor of physical education.