Dave Strong
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1916 Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | March 25, 1993 (aged 76–77) Ukiah, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1936 | Illinois |
| 1937–1939 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1941 | South Dakota Mines |
| 1945 | Nebraska (backfield) |
| 1946 | Albright |
| 1947–1948 | Whitman |
| c. 1950 | Texas (assistant) |
| 1951–1952 | UCLA (backfield) |
| 1954–1956 | Sacramento State |
| Basketball | |
| 1941–1942 | South Dakota Mines |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1947–1948 | Whitman |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–37–3 (football) 11–7 (basketball) |
David Arthur "Finky" Strong (1916 – March 25, 1993) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (1941), Albright College (1946), Whitman College (1947–1948), and California State University, Sacramento (1954–1956). He was the head basketball coach at South Dakota Mines for one season, in 1941–42. While at Whitman, he also served as the school's athletic director.
Strong was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. He spent his childhood in Seattle, Spokane, Washington, Yakima, Washington, and Helena, Montana. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Michigan.[1] Strong died from a heart attack while playing tennis in 1993.[2][3]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1941) | |||||||||
| 1941 | South Dakota Mines | 4–2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| South Dakota Mines: | 4–2–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Albright Lions (Independent) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Albright | 1–7 | |||||||
| Albright: | 1–7 | ||||||||
| Whitman Fighting Missionaries (Northwest Conference) (1947–1948) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Whitman | 1–6–1 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1948 | Whitman | 4–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| Whitman: | 5–10–1 | 3–8–1 | |||||||
| Sacramento State Hornets (Far Western Conference) (1954–1956) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Sacramento State | 0–7 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1955 | Sacramento State | 2–6 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1956 | Sacramento State | 3–5–1 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| Sacramento State: | 5–18–1 | 1–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 15–37–3 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Dave Strong Is Given Borleske Post At Whitman". Ellensburg Daily Record. July 14, 1947. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ "Strong earned 11 letters at HHS".
- ^ "Ukiah, California Newspaper Archives | NewspaperArchive®".
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[edit]- 1916 births
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- Sportspeople from Helena, Montana
- People from Mount Vernon, Washington
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