Biographical details | |
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Born | Marksville, Louisiana, U.S. | January 17, 1920
Died | March 9, 1978 Jefferson, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 58)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1938–1939 | Southwestern Louisiana |
1946 | Southwestern Louisiana |
Baseball | |
1939 | Southwestern Louisiana |
1940 | Port Arthur Tarpons |
1946–1947 | Southwestern Louisiana |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1948–1950 | Southwestern Louisiana (ends) |
1951–1956 | Southwestern Louisiana |
1957–1962 | LSU (asst.) |
Baseball | |
1948–1956 | Southwestern Louisiana |
1957–1963 | LSU |
1964–1973 | Nicholls State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1963–1978 | Nicholls State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–27–2 (football) 458–311–4 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football SLI: 1 Gulf States (1952) Baseball SLI: 5 Gulf States, LSU: 1 SEC (1961), NSU: 1 Gulf States | |
Raymond Ernest Didier (January 17, 1920 – March 9, 1978) was an American football coach, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute—now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1951 to 1956, tallying a mark of 29–27–2.[1] Didier was also the head baseball coach at Southwestern Louisiana from 1948 to 1956, Louisiana State University from 1957 to 1963 and Nicholls State University from 1964 to 1973, amassing a career college baseball record of 458–311–4.[1] Didier served as the athletic director at Nicholls State from 1963 to 1978.[1]