Charles Crawford "Doc" Stroud (October 23, 1870 – December 8, 1949) was an

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, and

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coach and college athletics administrator. Stroud was born on October 26, 1870 in

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and attended

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. He graduated from

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in 1894. At Tufts, he played on the varsity football and baseball team and was captain of the track team. He taught for a year at

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before returning to Tufts in 1895 to attend Tufts Medical College and coach football. Stroud earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tufts in 1897 and subsequently served as the school's physical director of athletics. He resigned from his position at Tufts in 1905 to succeed

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as physical director and athletic coach at

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. In 1910, Stroud was hired as the

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. He left Mercer in 1913 to become the athletic director at

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(LSU). At LSU, he also served as head coach for the LSU basketball and LSU baseball teams. He coached the men's basketball team for one season during the 1919–20 basketball season and had a 19–2 record. He coached the baseball team for eight seasons from 1914 to 1921 and compiled a record of 75–58–5. Stroud was also as the head baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State Normal School—now known as

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–

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. Stroud died on December 8, 1949 in Natchitoches.

Head coaching record

Football

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