| Ray Louthen | |
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| File:Ray Louthen.jpg | |
| Born |
October 4, 1925 Bluefield, Virginia |
| Died | December 3, 2004 (aged 79) |
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.
Coaching career[]
College baseball[]
Louthen was the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959 to 1970; he was a 3-time Indiana Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year (1960, 1961, 1962.) He coached six 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.
Head coaching record[]
College football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State Cardinals (Indiana 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 Rice | |||||
| 1966 | Ball State | 7–1–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1967 | Ball State | 7–3 | 1st | L Grantland Rice | |||||
| Ball State: | 37–13–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 37–13–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. | |||||||||
References[]
External links[]
- Indiana Football Hall of Fame profile
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Photographs of Ray Louthen from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository
- Ray Louthen at Find a Grave
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