Raymond A. "Red" Louthen (October 4, 1925 – December 3, 2004) was an

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and

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1962 to 1967, compiling a record of 37–13–3. Louthen was also the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959 to 1970, tallying a mark of 158–127–1.

Coaching career

College baseball

Louthen was the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959 to 1970; he was a 3-time

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Coach of the Year (1960, 1961, 1962.) He coached six ICC MVPs (Dean Campbell, Mike Readnour, Homer Jackson, Frank Houk, Ed Sherry and Jim Roudebush) and 19 All- ICC players. Two of his players reached the major leagues; Merv Rettenmund and

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Head coaching record

College football

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Photographs of Ray Louthen
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