| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 29, 1953 Niles, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1973–1976 | Cincinnati |
| Position | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977 | Arizona (GA) |
| 1978–1979 | Arizona Western (DB) |
| 1981–1982 | Middle Tennessee (DB) |
| 1983 | Minnesota (DB) |
| 1984–1985 | Western Michigan (OLB/DB) |
| 1986–1987 | Kansas (DB) |
| 1988 | Cincinnati (DB) |
| 1989–1991 | Cincinnati (OLB) |
| 1992 | Cincinnati (TE) |
| 1993 | Cincinnati (DB) |
| 1994 | Kent State (DB) |
| 1995–1998 | Virginia Tech (DB) |
| 1999–2000 | Notre Dame (S) |
| 2001–2004 | Toledo (DC) |
| 2005–2007 | Indiana State |
| 2009–2010 | Rose-Hulman (ST/DB) |
| 2011–2012 | Garden City (DC) |
| 2013–2014 | Mississippi Delta (DB) |
| 2015–2016 | Alabama State (DB/OLB/TE) |
| 2017–2021 | Wayne State (MI) (co-DC/DB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–25 |
Lou West (born December 29, 1953) is an American former college football coach and player.
He was the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. West served as the head football coach at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana from 2005 to 2007, compiling a record of 1–25. After his college football playing career at the University of Cincinnati, he was selected in the 11th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1977 NFL draft.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana State Sycamores (Gateway Football Conference) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Indiana State | 0–11 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2006 | Indiana State | 1–10 | 1–6 | 8th | |||||
| 2007 | Indiana State | 0–4 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Indiana State: | 1–25 | 1–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–25 | ||||||||