The Delgado Community College’s Athletic Department, located on the sprawling 57-acre City Park Campus, has developed into one of the most successful community college programs in the entire nation. In the early 1970s, the late Louis “Rags” Scheuermann, as Athletic Director and Baseball Coach, got the program off to a great start by establishing the link to local and regional talent. Coach Rags Scheuermann was known to many as the Dean of Baseball in New Orleans. Under his leadership the athletic programs quickly developed and earned the respect of rival community colleges throughout the southern region. 

In the past thirty years the athletic teams have made many appearances in the conference, regional and district playoffs. Both men’s basketball and men’s baseball teams have made appearances in the Junior College National Championships. In the light of such success, Delgado has become a proving ground athletically and academically for local and region talent.