Funeral arrangements announced for Southern University baseball legend Roger Cador
Jul 02, 2026
BATON ROUGE mdash; Southern University announced funeral arrangements for legendary baseball coach Roger Cador, who died Tuesday.A public viewing will be held from 3-6 p.m. on July 6 at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Southern's campus. The viewing will be followed by a memorial service at 6 p.m.
Cador was 74 when he died.nbsp;He played basketball and baseball for the Jaguars in the early 70's, a timenbsp;he callednbsp;a "golden era" for HBCU baseball. He led the team in 1972 with a .393 batting average before being drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1973, according to thenbsp;American Baseball Coaches Association.nbsp;After five seasons in Atlanta, Southern brought him on as an assistant coach for the basketball and baseball teams for a few years.In 1985, he was named Southern's head baseball coach, a position he held for the next 33 years, according to thenbsp;Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.nbsp;Before he retired in 2017, Cador led the Jaguars to 14 conference titles and 11 NCAA tournaments with a career record of 913-597-1. He coached 10 All-Americans and 62 MLB draftees, including 2003 Golden Spikes winner Rickie Weeks.nbsp;In 1987, Cador's Jags became the first HBCU school to win an NCAA tournament game in a 1-0 upset over No. 2-ranked Cal State Fullerton, his Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame entry reads.nbsp;He was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2018 and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.nbsp;Permalink| Comments
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