Ray Louthen

Ray Louthen

Biographical details
Born	(1925-10-04)October 4, 1925 Bluefield, Virginia, U.S.
Died	December 3, 2004(2004-12-03) (aged 79) Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1944	Western Michigan
Baseball
1944	Western Michigan
1945	Michigan
1946	Beaumont Exporters
1946	Kansas City Blues
1947	Quincy Gems
1948	Augusta Tigers
1948	Kansas City Blues
1949	Sioux City Soos
1949	Beaumont Exporters
Position(s)	Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1950	Chelsea HS (MI)
?–1957	Flint Central HS (MI) (line)
1958–1960	Ball State (assistant)
1962–1967	Ball State
Baseball
?–1958	Flint Central HS (MI)
1959–1970	Ball State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1981	Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall	37–13–3 (college football) 158–127–1 (college baseball) 12–3–1 (high school football)
Bowls	0–1–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 4 ICC (1964–1967)

Raymond A. "Red" Louthen (October 4, 1925 – December 3, 2004) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ball State University from 1962 to 1967, compiling a record of 37–13–3. Louthen was also the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959 to 1970, tallying a mark of 158–127–1.

Louthen was the head baseball coach at Ball State from 1959 to 1970; he was a 3-time Indiana Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year (1960, 1961, 1962.) He coached six ICC MVPs (Dean Campbell, Mike Readnour, Homer Jackson, Frank Houk, Ed Sherry and Jim Roudebush) and 19 All-ICC players. Two of his players reached the major leagues; Merv Rettenmund and Steve Hargan.

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Photographs of Ray Louthen from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository

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