Playing career
Cador played baseball and basketball at Southern, leading the Jaguars in hitting in his junior season of 1972 at .393. He would be drafted by theCoaching career
He returned to Southern in 1978 as an assistant baseball coach. He moved to assistant basketball coach of the Jaguars in 1980, where he remained four seasons before earning the head coaching job of the baseball team in 1985. Cador's accomplishments include conference championships, 13 SWAC Coach of the Year awards, NCAA regional appearances, and three NCAA play-in appearances. Cador has also produced 35 players who played professional, or became coaches, umpires, or scouts, including 23 players drafted from 2001–2004. Cador tells a story that when he took over as head coach, the Jaguars had virtually no equipment or facilities. He arranged a scrimmage with the Braves, then managed by his friend Dusty Baker, and returned to Baton Rouge with a truck full of equipment for his team. He has also spearheaded efforts to build an on-campus stadium, complete with lights, and ground was recently broken on a facility to house space exclusively for the Jaguars baseball team. To increase exposure, he has organized the Urban Invitational featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities televised on MLB Network. Cador completed his career at Southern with 14 SWAC titles, 11 NCAA tournament appearances, and two black national titles (in 2003 and 2005). He also held the distinctions of having coached the first Golden Spikes Award winner and Dick Howser Trophy to have played at a predominantly black school (See also
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