Raymond Didier
Introduction
Raymond "Ray" 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.
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. Didier served as the athletic director at Nicholls State from 1963 to 1978.
Accolades
Ray E. Didier Field on the campus of Nicholls State University is named after him. Didier is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs (Gulf States Conference) | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
Baseball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs (Gulf States Conference) | |||||||||
| 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 | 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 | Nicholls State | 14–13 | independent | ||||||
| 1965 | Nicholls State | 17–14–1 | independent | ||||||
| Nicholls State Colonels (Gulf States Conference) | |||||||||
| 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 | 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) | ||||||||
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