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.

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Head coaching record

College football

References

External links

Photographs of Ray Louthen from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository

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1925 births

2004 deaths

Baseball pitchers

Augusta Tigers players

Ball State Cardinals athletic directors

Ball State Cardinals baseball coaches

Ball State Cardinals football coaches

Beaumont Exporters players

Kansas City Blues (baseball) players

Michigan Wolverines baseball players

Quincy Gems players

Sioux City Soos players

Western Michigan Broncos football players

High school baseball coaches in the United States

High school football coaches in Michigan

Baseball players from Columbus, Ohio

Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio

People from Bluefield, Virginia

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