Ray Louthen
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 4, 1925 Bluefield, Virginia |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1944 | Western Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1944 | Western Michigan |
| 1945 | Michigan |
| 1946 | Beaumont Exporters |
| 1946 | Kansas City Blues |
| 1947 | Quincy Gems |
| 1948 | Augusta Tigers |
| 1948 | Kansas City Blues |
| 1949 | Sioux City Soos |
| 1949 | Beaumont Exporters |
| Position(s) | Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1959–1960 | Ball State (assistant) |
| 1962–1967 | Ball State |
| Baseball | |
| 1959–1970 | 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 |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 4 Heartland Collegiate (1964–1967) |
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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.
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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 (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 | |||||||||
References
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- 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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