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American sports coach (1926–2012)

Keith Loper
Biographical details
Born	(1926-03-23)March 23, 1926 Olathe, Colorado, U.S.
Died	October 13, 2012(2012-10-13) (aged 86) Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1946–1949	Colorado State
Baseball
1947–1950	Colorado State

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1950	Superior HS (WY)
1951–1953	Center HS (CO)
1954–1957	Brighton HS (CO)
1958–1959	Northwest JC (assistant)
1960–1961	Whitman (assistant)
1962–1966	Whitman
Baseball
1961–1967	Whitman
1972–1973	Nevada
Wrestling
1960–1967	Whitman

Head coaching record
Overall	5–36 (college football)

Raymond Keith Loper (March 23, 1926 – October 23, 2012) was an American football, baseball and college wrestling coach. He served as the head football coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington from 1962 to 1966. Loper was also the head baseball and wrestling coach at Whitman before serving as the head baseball coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1972 to 1973.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Whitman Fighting Missionaries (Northwest Conference) (1962–1966)
1962	Whitman	1–7	0–5	6th
1963	Whitman	1–7	0–5	6th
1964	Whitman	1–7	1–4	5th
1965	Whitman	2–6	1–4	T–5th
1966	Whitman	0–9	0–6	7th
Whitman:		5–36	2–24
Total:		5–36

v t e Whitman Fighting Missionaries head football coaches
Unknown (1892–1900) Charles W. Allen (1901–1905) J. Arthur Baird (1906–1907) J. Merrill Blanchard (1908–1909) George McCaa (1910) Archie Hahn (1911–1914) Vincent Borleske (1915–1946) Dave Strong (1947–1948) Archie Kodros (1949–1950) Joe Beidler (1951–1954) Robert Thomsen (1955–1961) Keith Loper (1962–1966) Roy M. Thompson (1967–1974) Ken Woody (1975–1976)

v t e Nevada Wolf Pack head baseball coaches
Jake Lawlor (1957–1960) Unknown (1961–1966) Bill Ireland (1967) Unknown (1968) Jackie Jensen (1969–1971) Keith Loper (1972–1973) Barry McKinnon (1974–1979) Del Youngblood (1980–1982) Gary Powers (1983–2013) Jay Johnson (2014–2015) T. J. Bruce (2016–2022) Jake McKinley (2023– )