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Dale Strahm

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Dale Strahm
Biographical details
Bornc. 1943
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materOhio Northern University
Bowling Green State University
Playing career
Football
c. 1964Ohio Northern
Track and field
c. 1964Ohio Northern
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965Ohio Northern freshmen
1966–1968Warren Western Reserve HS (AHC/OC)
1969Bowling Green (GA)
1970Bellevue HS (DC)
1971Taft HS[a]
1971Bowling Green freshmen
1972–1976Bowling Green (DC/LB)
1977–1980Navy (DC)
1981–1988Georgia (LB)
1988Georgia (interim DC)
1989Western Carolina
1990–1993Duke (DC)
1994–1996Temple (DC)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1998–2005Denver Broncos (Scout)
2006–2010Houston Texans (DCS)
2011Houston Texans (Scout)

Dale Strahm (born c. 1943) is a former American football coach and player. He served as the head coach of Western Carolina University in 1989, compiling a record of 3–7–1. Strahm also served as an assistant coach for Bowling Green, Bellevue High School, Navy, Georgia, Duke, and Temple. He also was a scout for the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans.

Early life and education

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Strahm was born in c. 1943, in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up there. He attended Libbey High School in Toledo, and was named all-city at quarterback.[1] He attended Ohio Northern University, and played football and track and field. He graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree.[1]

Coaching career

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After graduating, Strahm accepted a position as Ohio Northern freshman football coach. He led them to a winning season, but left for Warren Western Reserve High School after just one year. He served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator there for three seasons, helping them win 23 of 30 games in his time with the team.[1]

In 1969, Strahm served as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green State University, where he received a master's degree.[2] He joined Bellevue High School in 1970 and spent the season as their defensive coordinator.

In 1971, Strahm accepted a position as head coach of Taft High School, but changed his mind a month later to be freshman coach at Bowling Green.[2][3] He spent the next five seasons as a defensive assistant before being hired by Navy in 1977.[4] Strahm was named linebackers coach at the University of Georgia in 1981.[5] Strahm spent eight seasons at Georgia coaching the linebackers, and also served as interim defensive coordinator in late 1988.[6]

In April 1989, Strahm was named head coach at Western Carolina University.[7][8] Western Carolina started the season 2–1, winning the second game on a last-second game-winning interception return, but lost or tied the next eight, finishing the year with a record of 3–7–1.[9][10] Strahm resigned after the season to become defensive coordinator at Duke University.[11] He served in that position for four seasons until accepting the same role at Temple University in 1994.[12] He was fired following the 1996 season.[13]

In 1998, Strahm was hired by the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) as a college scout.[14] He served in that position until being hired by the Houston Texans in 2006 as director of college scouting.[15] He was demoted in 2011 to being a scout, and retired in 2012.

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (1989)
1989 Western Carolina 3–7–1 1–4–1 6th
Western Carolina: 3–7–1 1–4–1
Total: 3–7–1

Notes

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  1. ^ Did not coach a game.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Richardson, Rex (April 23, 1971). ""Strahm" Clouds Form On West Side". The Journal News – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b Moeller, Bill (April 20, 1971). "Dale Strahm To Be Taft Football Coach". The Journal News – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Moeller, Bill (May 20, 1971). "Bill's Board". The Journal News – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Navy picks Dale Strahm as assistant grid coach". The Baltimore Sun. February 11, 1977 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Dooley Hired Dale Strahm". Alabama Journal. March 3, 1981 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ O'Toole, Thomas (December 11, 1988). "Popular New Defensive Chief Strahm Plans Improved Pass Defense". The Atlanta Constitution – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Western Hires Football Coach". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. April 19, 1989 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ Mead, Doug (April 19, 1989). "New Western Coach Gets High Marks". Asheville Citizen-Times – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ Link, Dave (September 22, 1989). "Cats ride emotional high into ETSU game". Johnson City Press – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "Western Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ Mead, Doug (January 12, 1990). "Coaching Wheel Turns Again At WCU". Asheville Citizen-Times – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ "Duke's Strahm strolls over to Temple". The Herald-Sun. July 15, 1994 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ^ "Temple". Tampa Bay Times. December 5, 1996 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  14. ^ "Broncos". The Baltimore Sun. May 16, 1998 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  15. ^ "Houston Texans". The Tribune. June 29, 2006 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon