Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Marksville, Louisiana |
January 7, 1920
Died | March 9, 1978 Jefferson, Louisiana |
(aged 58)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1951–1956 | Southwestern Louisiana |
1957–1962 | LSU (assistant) |
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) 395–289–3 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 Gulf States (1952) |
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.