Sport(s) Football, baseball 1957–1963 LSU 1951–1956 Southwestern Louisiana 1964–1973 Nicholls State | 1957–1962 LSU (assistant) Name Raymond Didier 1948–1956 Southwestern Louisiana | |
Born January 7, 1920
Marksville, Louisiana ( 1920-01-07 ) Role American football head coach Died March 9, 1978, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States | ||
Raymond Ernest Didier (January 7, 1920 – March 9, 1978) was an American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, now University of Louisiana at Lafayette, from 1951 to 1956, tallying a mark of 29–27–2. Didier was also the head baseball coach at Southwestern Louisiana (1948–1956), Louisiana State University (1957–1963), and Nicholls State University (1964–1973), amassing a career college baseball record of 395–289–3. He also served as the athletic director at Nicholls State from 1963 to 1978. Ray E. Didier Field on the campus of Nicholls State University is also named after him.
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