Raymond Didier

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]

Raymond Didier

Biographical details
Born	(1920-01-17)January 17, 1920 Marksville, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	March 9, 1978(1978-03-09) (aged 58) Jefferson, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1938–1939	Southwestern Louisiana
1946	Southwestern Louisiana
Baseball
1939	Southwestern Louisiana
1940	Port Arthur Tarpons
1946–1947	Southwestern Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1948–1950	Southwestern Louisiana (ends)
1951–1956	Southwestern Louisiana
1957–1962	LSU (asst.)
Baseball
1948–1956	Southwestern Louisiana
1957–1963	LSU
1964–1973	Nicholls State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1963–1978	Nicholls State
Head coaching record
Overall	29–27–2 (football) 458–311–4 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football SLI: 1 Gulf States (1952) Baseball SLI: 5 Gulf States, LSU: 1 SEC (1961), NSU: 1 Gulf States

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

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs (Gulf States Conference) (1951–1956)
1951	Southwestern Louisiana	6–4	3–2	3rd
1952	Southwestern Louisiana	5–2–2	3–0–2	T–1st
1953	Southwestern Louisiana	4–7	2–4	T–4th
1954	Southwestern Louisiana	5–4	4–2	T–2nd
1955	Southwestern Louisiana	5–4	3–3	4th
1956	Southwestern Louisiana	4–6	1–4	6th
Southwestern Louisiana:		29–27–2	16–15–2
Total:		29–27–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs (Gulf States Conference) (1948–1956)
1948	Southwestern Louisiana	18–9	12–3	2nd
1949	Southwestern Louisiana
1950	Southwestern Louisiana	20–7	16–3	1st
1951	Southwestern Louisiana
1952	Southwestern Louisiana
1953	Southwestern Louisiana	10–15
1954	Southwestern Louisiana	11–13
1955	Southwestern Louisiana	15–12
1956	Southwestern Louisiana
Southwestern Louisiana:		137–78 (.637)
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1957–1963)
1957	LSU	8–11	6–8	8th
1958	LSU	14–11	9–6	4th
1959	LSU	16–17	7–9	3rd (West)
1960	LSU	15–14	6–9	4th (West)
1961	LSU	20–5	11–4	1st (West)
1962	LSU	15–11–1	8–7–1	2nd (West)
1963	LSU	16–10	9–7	2nd (West)
LSU:		104–79–1 (.568)	56–50–1 (.528)
Nicholls State Colonels (NCAA College Division independent) (1964–1965)
1964	Nicholls State	14–13	independent
1965	Nicholls State	17–14–1	independent
Nicholls State Colonels (Gulf States Conference) (1966–1971)
1966	Nicholls State	13–18–1	9–11–1	6th
1967	Nicholls State	18–14	11–11	4th
1968	Nicholls State	18–17–1	11–10–1	3rd
1969	Nicholls State	28–13	15–9	2nd
1970	Nicholls State	35–19	14–8	2nd
1971	Nicholls State	25–19	10–14	5th
Nicholls State Colonels (Gulf South Conference) (1972–1973)
1972	Nicholls State	25–14
1973	Nicholls State	24–13	10–3	1st W.Div.
Nicholls State:		217–154–3 (.584)	80–66–2 (.547)
Total:		458–311–4 (.595)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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