Ray Louthen

Ray Louthen
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	(1925-10-04)October 4, 1925 Bluefield, Virginia
Died	December 3, 2004(2004-12-03) (aged 79)
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
Accomplishments and honors
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.

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	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

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

Ball State Cardinals head baseball coaches

Orville E. Sink (1920–1921) Paul "Billy" Williams (1922–1926) Norman G. Wann (1927) Paul "Billy" Williams (1928–1943) No team (1944) Paul "Billy" Williams (1945–1958) Ray Louthen (1959–1970) Bob Rickel (1971–1982) Pat Quinn (1983–1995) Rich Maloney (1996–2002) Greg Beals (2003–2010) Alex Marconi (2011–2012) Rich Maloney (2013– )

Ball State Cardinals head football coaches

Paul "Billy" Williams (1924–1925)
Norman G. Wann (1926–1927)
Paul B. Parker (1928–1929)
Lawrence McPhee (1930–1934)
John Magnabosco (1935–1942)
No team (1943)
John Magnabosco (1944–1952)
George Serdula (1953–1955)
Jim Freeman (1956–1961)
Ray Louthen (1962–1967)
Wave Myers (1968–1970)
Dave McClain (1971–1977)
Dwight Wallace (1978–1984)
Paul Schudel (1985–1994)
Bill Lynch (1995–2002)
Brady Hoke (2003–2008)
Stan Parrish (2008–2010)
Pete Lembo (2011–2015)
Mike Neu (2016– )

Ball State Cardinals athletic directors

Paul "Billy" Williams (1921–1958) Bob Primmer (1958–1970) Ray Louthen (1970–1981) Dwight Wallace (1981–1984) Don Purvis (1984–1995) Andrea Seger (1995–2002) Bubba Cunningham (2002–2005) Tom Collins (2006–2012) Bill Scholl (2012–2014) Brian Hardin # (2014–2015) Mark Sandy (2015– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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