| Ray Sermon | |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Independence, Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1911–1913 |
| Player Team2: | Warrensburg |
| Player Years3: | 1915–1916 |
| Player Team3: | Springfield |
| Player Years5: | 1921–1923 |
| Player Team5: | Kirksville Osteopaths |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1914 |
| Coach Team2: | Wentworth Military Academy (MO) |
| Coach Years3: | 1917 |
| Coach Team3: | Central (MO) |
| Coach Years4: | 1918–1919 |
| Coach Team4: | Missouri Mines |
| Coach Years5: | 1921–1924 |
| Coach Team5: | Kirksville Osteopaths |
| Coach Years6: | 1925 |
| Coach Team6: | NC State (backfield) |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1921–1925 |
| Coach Team8: | Kirksville Osteopaths |
| Coach Years9: | 1930–1940 |
| Coach Team9: | NC State |
| Admin Years1: | 1931–1937 |
| Admin Team1: | NC State |
| Overall Record: | 27–17–1 (college football) |
Raymond Rollins Sermon (March 1, 1893 – October 12, 1965) was an American college football, college basketball, college baseball, and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central College—now known as Central Methodist University—in Fayette, Missouri in 1917 and Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as Missouri University of Science and Technology—in Rolla, Missouri from 1918 to 1919, and Kirksville Osteopathy College—renamed from A.T. Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery in 1924 and now known as A.T. Still University—in Kirksville, Missouri from 1921 to 1924.[1]
Sermon attended Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri, where he was captain of the football, basketball, baseball, and track teams. As a quarterback in football, he was named to the "All Missouri" team in 1913. Sermon coached at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri during the 1914–15 academic year. He then attended the International YMCA College—now known as Springfield College—in Springfield, Massachusetts, playing on the football team in 1915 and 1916.[2]
At Kirksville Osteopath, Sermon also played on the football team for three years and coached basketball, baseball, and golf. He left Kirksville in 1925 to become the backfield coach for the football team at North Carolina State University.[3] [4]
Sermon served as the head men's basketball at NC State from 1930 to 1940.[5]
Sermon died on October 12, 1965.[6]