Ray Louthen
| Ray Louthen | |
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 4, 1925 Bluefield, Virginia |
| Died | December 3, 2004 (aged 79) |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1944 Baseball 1944 1945 1946 1946 1947 1948 1948 1949 1949 |
Western Michigan Western Michigan Michigan Beaumont Exporters Kansas City Blues Quincy Gems Augusta Tigers Kansas City Blues Sioux City Soos Beaumont Exporters |
| Position(s) | Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1959–1960 1962–1967 Baseball 1959–1970 |
Ball State (assistant) Ball State Ball State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1970–1981 | Ball State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall |
37–13–3 (college football) 158–127–1 (baseball) 12–3–1 (high school football) |
| Bowls | 0–1–1 |
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Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Championships
Football 4 Heartland Collegiate (1964–1967) | |
Raymond A. "Red" Louthen (October 4, 1925 – December 3, 2004) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ball State University from 1962 to 1967, compiling a record of 37–13–3. Louthen was also the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959 to 1970, tallying a mark of 158–127–1.
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Ball State Cardinals (Heartland Collegiate Conference) (1962–1967) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Ball State | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1963 | Ball State | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1964 | Ball State | 5–3 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1965 | Ball State | 9–0–1 | 1st | T Grantland | |||||
| 1966 | Ball State | 7–1–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1967 | Ball State | 7–3 | 1st | L Grantland | |||||
| Ball State: | 37–13–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 37–13–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
College baseball
He was the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959-1970; he was a 3-time Indiana Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year (1960, 1961, 1962.) He coached 6 ICC MVPs (Dean Campbell, Mike Readnour, Homer Jackson, Frank Houk, Ed Sherry and Jim Roudebush) and 19 All-ICC players. Two of his players reached the major leagues; Merv Rettenmund and Steve Hargan.
References
External links
- Indiana Football Hall of Fame profile
- Ray Louthen at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Photographs of Ray Louthen from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository
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