Ernie Duplechin

{{Short description|American football coach and administrator (c.1932–2020)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Ernie Duplechin

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| birth_date = {{Circa|1932}}

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| death_date = {{Death date|2020|12|24}} (aged 88)

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = {{Circa|1954}}

| player_team2 = Louisiana College

| player_sport3 = Baseball

| player_years4 = {{Circa|1954}}

| player_team4 = Louisiana College

| player_positions = Fullback (football)
Catcher (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = {{Circa|1955}}

| coach_team2 = Ville Platte HS (LA) (assistant)

| coach_years3 = {{Circa|1955}}

| coach_team3 = Eunice HS (LA) (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1957–1960

| coach_team4 = Basile HS (LA) (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1961–1964

| coach_team5 = Basile HS (LA)

| coach_years6 = 1965

| coach_team6 = McNeese State (GA)

| coach_years7 = 1966–1978

| coach_team7 = McNeese State (assistant)

| coach_years8 = 1979–1981

| coach_team8 = McNeese State

| admin_years1 = 1980–1985

| admin_team1 = McNeese State

| overall_record = 28–6–1 (college)

| bowl_record = 0–2

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| championships = 2 Southland (1979–1980)

| awards = Southland Coach of the Year (1979)

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Ernie Duplechin ({{Circa|1932}} – December 24, 2020) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the McNeese State University from 1979 to 1981, compiling a record of 28–6–1. Duplechin was the athletic director at McNeese State from 1980 to 1985.{{cite news |author= |title=Duplechin resigns post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27805124/the_ville_platte_gazette/ |newspaper=The Ville Platte Gazette |location=Ville Platte, Louisiana |date=May 9, 1985 |page=1-B |access-date=January 29, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Duplechin died at the age of 88, on December 24, 2020.{{cite news |last=Verrico |first=Taylor |title=Ernie Duplechin, McNeese Hall of Fame coach, passes away at 88

|url=https://www.kplctv.com/2020/12/26/ernie-duplechin-mcneese-hall-fame-coach-passes-away/ |publisher=KPLC |location=Lake Charles, Louisiana |date=December 26, 2020 |access-date=December 27, 2020 }}