Roger Cador

Roger Cador

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 5", Weight 154 lb.
• School Southern University

• Born January 30, 1952 in Ventress, LA USA

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Biographical Information

Roger Cador reached AAA in the minors before becoming a college coach.

Cador was picked by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1973 amateur draft. He made his professional debut the same year with the Wytheville Braves, hitting .283/.376/.429 and stealing 10 bases in 12 tries. He was 8th in the Appalachian League in average, just ahead of U.L. Washington.

The outfielder split 1974 between the Greenwood Braves and Peninsula Pennants, putting up similar numbers at both stops. Overall, he batted .308/.378/.403 and had 9 assists with 3 errors. Had he qualified, he would have been in the top 10 in both the Carolina League and Western Carolinas League in average.

In 1975, Cador fell to .235/.293/.348 for the Savannah Braves, though he did belt a career-high 13 home runs and he also stole 20 bases while only being thrown out stealing four times. Assigned once more to Tommie Aaron's Savannah squad in '76, Roger improved his average and OBP but saw his slugging fall, as his batting line finished at .245/.345/.298. He utilized his speed more, with 42 steals in 50 tries. He tied Derek Bryant for the Southern League lead in swipes.

Cador split 1977 between Savannah (.224/.293/.308 in 94 G, just 9 SB and 8 CS) and the Richmond Braves (6 for 53, 9 BB, 2 2B, 2 SB) to end his playing career.

Roger returned to Southern University as assistant coach for the 1977-1978 season, earning his master's degree while serving in that role. He was also assistant basketball coach for the school for 1980-1984. In 1984, he became head coach at Southern University.

In 33 seasons as the helm, Cador's clubs went 912-596-1, although all wins from 2010-2015 were later vacted by the NCAA, which now lists his record as 773-596-1. He has won the Southwestern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award 14 times. He became the first coach of a historically black university to win a game in the NCAA Division I Tournament, beating #2-ranked Cal State Fullerton 1-0 in 1987.

Cador \helped develop major leaguers Trenidad Hubbard, Dewon Day, Rickie Weeks, Jose De Leon and Fred Lewis.

Sources: Southern University bio, 1974-1978 Baseball Guides

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1985	Southern University	20-23	11-5	SWAC
1986	Southern University	22-27	18-11	SWAC
1987	Southern University	31-22	20-4	SWAC / CWS Regionals
1988	Southern University	28-21	16-8	SWAC / CWS Regionals
1989	Southern University	18-26	13-11	SWAC
1990	Southern University	26-17	17-5	SWAC
1991	Southern University	31-12	17-3	SWAC
1992	Southern University	31-12	19-5	SWAC
1993	Southern University	24-14	12-6	SWAC
1994	Southern University	30-14-1	18-6	SWAC
1995	Southern University	29-12	21-3	SWAC
1996	Southern University	34-7	18-2	SWAC
1997	Southern University	32-17	21-3	SWAC
1998	Southern University	31-16	22-4	SWAC
1999	Southern University	29-16	23-7	SWAC / CWS Regionals
2000	Southern University	30-16	21-8	SWAC
2001	Southern University	43-12	28-4	SWAC / CWS Regionals
2002	Southern University	45-10	27-3	SWAC / CWS Regionals
2003	Southern University	44-7	31-1	SWAC / CWS Regionals
2004	Southern University	26-14	19-7	SWAC
2005	Southern University	29-18	17-7	SWAC / CWS Regionals
2006	Southern University	26-20	17-8	SWAC
2007	Southern University	26-18	15-9	SWAC
2008	Southern University	28-18	18-6	SWAC
2009	Southern University	30-17	17-6	SWAC / CWS Regionals
2010	Southern University	24-22-1*	16-6-1	SWAC
2011	Southern University	29-19*	16-8	SWAC
2012	Southern University	33-16*	17-7	SWAC
2013	Southern University	21-23*	14-10	SWAC
2014	Southern University	11-26*	8-16
2015	Southern University	20-23*	13-8	SWAC
2016	Southern University	14-32	6-14	SWAC
2017	Southern University	17-27	10-14	SWAC

* All wins from 2010-2015 later vacated by NCAA.