BATON ROUGE — The public viewing for Southern University baseball legend Roger Cador is currently taking place at the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Southern's campus. 

Cador played basketball and baseball for the Jaguars in the early 70's, a time he called a "golden era" for HBCU baseball, leading the team in 1972 with a .393 batting average before being drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1973. 

In 1985, he was named Southern's head baseball coach, a position he held for the next 33 years, according to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. 

Before he retired in 2017, Cador led the Jaguars to 14 conference titles and 11 NCAA tournaments with a career record of 913-597-1. He coached 10 All-Americans and 62 MLB draftees, including 2003 Golden Spikes winner Rickie Weeks.

In 1987, Cador's Jags became the first HBCU school to win an NCAA tournament game in a 1-0 upset over No. 2-ranked Cal State Fullerton, his Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame entry reads.

Cador died at the age of 74.

The viewing will be followed by a memorial service at 6 p.m.