Kai Erik Herlovsen (born 25 September 1959) is a Norwegian football coach and former player.Herlovsen was usually used in the central defence or as a defensive midfielder.
He was capped 34 times for Norway, and played in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
On club level he began and ended his career in Fredrikstad, with a seven-year-long professional spell in Borussia Mönchengladbach in between.He currently coaches Lisleby FK.
His daughter Isabell Herlovsen is a current Norway international.