Ed Argast is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Canisius College from 2000 to 2002, compiling an overall record of 3–28 in three seasons. His tenure at Canisius ended abruptly when the college discontinued its football team at the end of the 2002 season. Argast was the interim head football coach at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine for one season, in 2021. Argast graduated from Colgate University in 1978, where he played football and was a two-year starter at offensive tackle for the Colgate Raiders football team.