Raymond Blanco, an American academic administrator and football coach who served as the First Gentleman of Louisiana from 2004 to 2008 and husband of Kathleen Marie Babineaux, an American politician who served as the 54th Governor of Louisiana from January 2004 to January 2008 had an estimated net worth of $4 million at time of death.
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Blanco was born August 16, 1935 and died on November 19, 2022 of undisclosed causes. He was 87 years.
He served as Assistant Football Coach at Kirwin High School in Galveston, Texas and Head Football Coach at Catholic High School in New Iberia, Louisiana between the years 1958-1962.
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- In 1962, he led the Catholic High team to win the State Championship.
- From 1963-1969, Blanco served as Assistant Football Coach at then USL under the direction of Coach Russ Faulkinberry.
Blanco worked as an administrator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette since 1982 until his retirement in 2009.
He served as Vice President for Student Affairs, responsible for coordinating various non-academic departments which relate directly to UL Lafayette students.
He also served as a link between the student body and the university. He was known as “Coach” on the campus of UL Lafayette.
He is survived by six children.
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