A. L. "Red" Swanson was the second head football coach for the Southeastern Louisiana University Lions located in Hammond, Louisiana

Hammond, Louisiana

Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 20,049 at the 2009 census. It is home to Southeastern Louisiana University...

 and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1931 until 1937. His coaching record at Southeastern Louisiana was 41 wins, 17 losses, and 4 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him second at Southeastern Louisiana in total wins and first at Southeastern Louisiana in winning percentage (.694).

From 1931 through 1937 he served as the head football coach of Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus...

. He compiled a record of 41–17–4. From 1943-1945 he served as head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball

LSU Tigers baseball

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 team. His record as LSU's baseball coach is 27–21. During the 1944-1945 LSU Tigers basketball

LSU Tigers basketball

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 season, he served as coach for six games, compiling a 4–2 record.

In 1950 he coached the USL football team. The team finished with a 5–4 record.

Red's son, also nicknamed Red Swanson

Red Swanson (baseball)

Arthur Leonard "Red" Swanson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a bonus baby in , he spent the next two full years with the team as required by the draft rule of that time. He was assigned to the minor leagues in , and continued to pitch until , but never...

, was a pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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 of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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from 1955to 1957.

External links

• A. L. Swanson at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com