Jerry Baldwin (American football)

{{Short description|American football coach}}

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| birth_place = Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.

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| coach_years1 = 1982–1991

| coach_team1 = Louisiana Tech (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1992–1998

| coach_team2 = LSU (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1999–2001

| coach_team3 = Louisiana–Lafayette

| overall_record = 6–27

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Jerry L. Baldwin is an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1999 to 2001, compiling a record of 6–27. He was an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University from 1982 to 1991 and Louisiana State University from 1992 to 1998.

Baldwin fired from his job at Louisiana–Lafayette following the 2001 season. In 2007, he was awarded $2 million by a jury in civil suit over his firing. The verdict was later reversed in an appeal.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/ncf/news/story?id=3070227|title= Former Louisiana–Lafayette wins suit over firing|date= 19 October 2007|publisher=ESPN}}{{Cite web|url=http://espn1420.com/baldwins-lawsuit-dismissed-by-judge/?trackback=tsmclip|title = Judge Throws Out Baldwin Lawsuit}} Baldwin now resides in Ruston, Louisiana, where he is a pastor at New Living Word Ministries and the principal of New Living Word school. He also coaches their football program.{{cite news |last=Gyan Jr. |first=Joe |date=July 18, 2018 |title=Baton Rouge judge dismisses former UL-Lafayette football coach's racial discrimination suit |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/courts/article_57e1701a-892d-11e8-97af-2f3e62daf506.html |work=The Advocate |location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana |access-date=September 19, 2018 }}