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. Coaching career College baseball 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. Head coaching record College football References External links Photographs of Ray Louthen from the Ball State University Digital Media Repository 1925 births 2004 deaths Baseball pitchers Augusta Tigers players Ball State Cardinals athletic directors Ball State Cardinals baseball coaches Ball State Cardinals football coaches Beaumont Exporters players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Michigan Wolverines baseball players Quincy Gems players Sioux City Soos players Western Michigan Broncos football players High school baseball coaches in the United States High school football coaches in Michigan Baseball players from Columbus, Ohio Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio People from Bluefield, Virginia