Raymond Didier Explained

Raymond Didier
Birth Date:17 January 1920
Birth Place:Marksville, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:Jefferson, Louisiana, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1938–1939
Player Team2:Southwestern Louisiana
Player Years3:1946
Player Team3:Southwestern Louisiana
Player Sport4:Baseball
Player Years5:1939
Player Team5:Southwestern Louisiana
Player Years6:1940
Player Team6:Port Arthur Tarpons
Player Years7:1946–1947
Player Team7:Southwestern Louisiana
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1948–1950
Coach Team2:Southwestern Louisiana (ends)
Coach Years3:1951–1956
Coach Team3:Southwestern Louisiana
Coach Years4:1957–1962
Coach Team4:LSU (asst.)
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1948–1956
Coach Team6:Southwestern Louisiana
Coach Years7:1957–1963
Coach Team7:LSU
Coach Years8:1964–1973
Coach Team8:Nicholls State
Admin Years1:1963–1978
Admin Team1:Nicholls State
Overall Record:29–27–2 (football)
458–311–4 (baseball)
Championships:Football
SLI: 1 Gulf States (1952)
Baseball
SLI: 5 Gulf States, LSU: 1 SEC (1961), NSU: 1 Gulf States

Raymond Ernest Didier (January 17, 1920 – March 9, 1978) was an American football coach, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute—now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1951 to 1956, tallying a mark of 29–27–2.[1] Didier was also the head baseball coach at Southwestern Louisiana from 1948 to 1956, Louisiana State University from 1957 to 1963 and Nicholls State University from 1964 to 1973, amassing a career college baseball record of 458–311–4.[1] Didier served as the athletic director at Nicholls State from 1963 to 1978.[1]

Accolades

Ray E. Didier Field on the campus of Nicholls State University is named after him.[2] Didier is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

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Baseball

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Longtime college coach Raymond Didier joins his brother Mel in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. theadvocate.com. July 29, 2018.
  2. Web site: St. Germain. Brent. Didier Shaped Nicholls Athletics, Many Lives. Houma Today. December 23, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140113140703/http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20110715/SPORTS17/110719589. January 13, 2014. dead. July 15, 2011.
  3. Web site: Raymond Didier. lasportshall.com. July 29, 2018.
  4. Web site: 2019 Louisiana Baseball Media Guide. ragincajuns.com. June 2, 2019.
  5. Web site: 2018 LSU Baseball Official Yearbook. lsusports.net. June 2, 2019.
  6. Web site: 2013 Nicholls State Baseball Media Guide. Geauxcolonels.com. June 2, 2019.