Arthur Leonard "Red" Swanson Sr. (April 19, 1905 – November 4, 1987) was an
American football,
basketball, and
baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Southeastern Louisiana College—now known as
Southeastern Louisiana University—from 1931 to 1937 and at Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning—now known as the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette—in 1950 compiling career
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
coaching record of 46–21–4.
From 1943 to 1945 he served as head coach of the
LSU Tigers baseball team. His record as LSU's baseball coach was 28–23 and led the 1943 team to a
Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship. During the 1944–45
LSU Tigers basketball season, he served as head coach for the final six games, compiling a 4–2 record.
Swanson's son, also nicknamed
Red Swanson, was a
pitcher for the
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...
of
Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1957. The elder Swanson was married to Billie Hightower and died in 1987.
Head coaching record
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Basketball
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1905 births
1987 deaths
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