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{{short description|American basketball player, scout, coach, executive}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|10|28}}
| birth_place = [[Memphis, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|8|31|1931|10|28}}
| death_place = [[Fresno, California]], U.S.
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| college = [[Pepperdine Waves men's basketball|Pepperdine]] (1952–1955)
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| coach_start = 1963–1977, 1986
| coach_end = 1988
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| cyears1 = 1963–1965
| cteam1 = [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball|UNLV]]
| cyears2 = 1965–1977
| cteam2 = [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State]]
| cyears3 = {{nbay|1986|start}}–{{nbay|1987|end}}
| cteam3 = [[Golden State Warriors]] (assistant)
| cyears4 = {{nbay|1987|end}}
| cteam4 = Golden State Warriors (interim)
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'''Eddie J. Gregory''' (October 28, 1931 – August 31, 2022) was an American [[basketball]] scout, coach, and executive. In the 1960s he was the head men's basketball coach at [[Fresno State University]]; he also coached at the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] (UNLV). He served as interim head coach of the [[Golden State Warriors]] for the final 18 games of the 1987–88 season, after [[George Karl]] departed. Gregory served as "Basketball GM and Scouting" instructor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsmanagementworldwide.com/courses/basketball-scouting#instructors |title=Basketball General Manager and Scouting Course |publisher=Sports Management Worldwide |date= |accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref> for the online sports career training school,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story_2nd.php?story_id=116735867972856000 |title=This school’s all sports |publisher=Portlandtribune.com |accessdate=2010-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607233650/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story_2nd.php?story_id=116735867972856000 |archive-date=2011-06-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Sports Management Worldwide]] in [[Portland, Oregon]].

Gregory was born in [[Memphis, Texas]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web |title=Eddie Gregory Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fresnobee/name/eddie-gregory-obituary?id=36443759 |website=Legacy |access-date=June 25, 2025}}</ref> He played on the basketball and baseball teams at [[Pepperdine College]] where he graduated in 1955.<ref name=obit/> Gregory received his master's degree from the [[University of Southern California]] in 1958.<ref name=obit/>

Gregory was the head coach of the [[UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball|UNLV Runnin' Rebels]] from 1963 to 1965 and the [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball|Fresno State Bulldogs]] from 1965 to 1977.<ref name=obit/> He resigned as head coach in 1977 but stayed at Fresno State University as a professor.<ref name=obit/> Gregory scouted for the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] and [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] during this time.<ref name=obit/> In 1986, he retired from Fresno State and followed Cavaliers head coach George Karl to the Golden State Warriors to become his assistant coach.<ref name=obit/> Gregory worked for the Warriors for over a decade and retired as the director of scouting.<ref name=obit/>

Gregory died on August 31, 2022, in [[Fresno, California]].<ref name=obit/> He was predeceased by his wife, Sally Gregory.<ref name=obit/> He had three children. <ref name=obit/>

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==External links==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/gregoed99c.html BasketballReference.com: Ed Gregory]

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