Moon Ducote

Moon Ducote
Portrait of Ducote as a young man in a Naval uniform
Ducote in the Navy, 1918
Biographical details
Born(1897-08-28)August 28, 1897
Cottonport, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedMarch 26, 1937(1937-03-26) (aged 39)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1911–1914Spring Hill
1915–1917Auburn
1918Cleveland Naval Reserve
1920Cleveland Tigers
Baseball
1919–1921Mobile Bears
1923Portsmouth Truckers
1925–1926Charlotte Hornets
Position(s)Fullback, end, guard (football)
Outfielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1922Spring Hill
1923LSU (assistant)
1924–1925Loyola (LA)
1933Spring Hill
1934Spring Hill (backfield/freshmen)
1935Loyola (LA) (backfield)
Basketball
1923–1924LSU
1935–1936Loyola (LA) (assistant)
Baseball
1924LSU
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1936–1937Loyola (LA)
Head coaching record
Overall21–31–4 (football)
8–12 (basketball)
4–9 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern (1916, 1917)
2nd team All-Service (1918)
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Richard Joseph "Moon" "Duke" DuCôté (/dʌˈkti/ duh-KOH-tee; August 28, 1897 – March 26, 1937) was an American baseball, football, and basketball coach, football and baseball player, football official, and businessman. He first attended Spring Hill College and was a notable athlete at Auburn University. He played minor league baseball with the Mobile Bears, Portsmouth Truckers, and Charlotte Hornets. In 1920, he played with the Cleveland Tigers of the American Professional Football Association (APFA).

He served as the head football coach at Loyola University of New Orleans from 1924 to 1925 and at Spring Hill College for five non-consecutive years between 1919 and 1933. Ducote was the head baseball and basketball coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1924.[1]

  1. ^ "LSU Fighting Tigers Coaches". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.