Doug Aucoin

Doug Aucoin, an industry leader and one of the most respected video coordinators in all of football, joined the LSU football staff in 1997 and serves as director of video for the Tigers. He’s one of the longest standing video directors in college football.

Aucoin was inducted into the College Sports Video Association Sports Film and Video Hall of Fame in May of 2022. He became the 21st inductee into the CSVA Hall of Fame.

Aucoin, a two-time recipient of the National Video Coordinator of the Year honor, has been named SEC Video Coordinator of the Year five times. He’s twice received the Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year award, which is voted on by other video coordinators in the profession, and is presented to the individual who possesses the qualities and attributes of the late Bob Matey, the former video coordinator at Texas A&M.

As a member of the LSU football staff, Aucoin has been part of three national championships and five SEC titles.

Aucoin, who joined LSU after a stint at Tulane, is responsible for analytical support of computer and video technologies including the taping of games and practices, opponent video exchange, self-scout and opponent breakdowns, and tape cut-ups used as a teaching tool. Aucoin also manages the computer network the football coaches use for statistical analysis as well as self-scouting and the scouting of opponents.

Aucoin oversees a staff of 13 people, which includes two full-time assistants and eleven student assistants.

Prior to working for Tulane, Aucoin was employed by the New Orleans Saints as an assistant to his brother, Albert, who was video director for the Saints. Their father, Erby, is a member of the Saints Hall of Fame for his pioneering analytical film work in the early years of the National Football League.

A native of New Orleans, Aucoin graduated from Riverdale High School and the University of New Orleans, earning his degree in business administration in 1995. In the summer of 1998, Aucoin married the former Angela Bordelon and the couple has three children, Ryan, Shane and Chanler, and a grandchild.