Lou West

Lou West
Biographical details
Born	December 29, 1953 (age 70); Niles, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1973–1976	Cincinnati
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977	Arizona (GA)
1978–1979	Arizona Western (DB)
1981–1982	Middle Tennessee (DB)
1983	Minnesota (DB)
1984–1985	Western Michigan (OLB/DB)
1986–1987	Kansas (DB)
1988	Cincinnati (DB)
1989–1991	Cincinnati (OLB)
1992	Cincinnati (TE)
1993	Cincinnati (DB)
1994	Kent State (DB)
1995–1998	Virginia Tech (DB)
1999–2000	Notre Dame (S)
2001–2004	Toledo (DC)
2005–2007	Indiana State
2009–2010	Rose-Hulman (ST/DB)
2011–2012	Garden City (DC)
2013–2014	Mississippi Delta (DB)
2015–2016	Alabama State (DB/OLB/TE)
2017–2021	Wayne State (MI) (co-DC/DB)
Head coaching record
Overall	1–25

Lou West (born December 29, 1953) is an American former college football coach and player.

Career

He was the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.^[1] West served as the head football coach at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana from 2005 to 2007, compiling a record of 1–25.^[2] After his college football playing career at the University of Cincinnati, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1977 NFL draft.^[3]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Indiana State Sycamores (Gateway Football Conference) (2005–2007)
2005	Indiana State	0–11	0–7	8th
2006	Indiana State	1–10	1–6	8th
2007	Indiana State	0–4^{[n 1]}	0–1^{[n 1]}	^{[n 1]}
Indiana State:		1–25	1–14
Total:		1–25

^ ^a ^b ^c West was fired after the first four games of the 2007 season. Dennis Raetz was appointed as interim head coach and led Indiana State for the final seven games of the season. The Sycamores finished 0–11 overall and 0–6 in conference play, placing seventh.