Oscar W. Strahan

Oscar W. Strahan
	Strahan pictured in The Pedagog 1921, Southwest Texas State yearbook
Biographical details
Born	August 10, 1891
Died	August 21, 1978 (aged 87)
Playing career
Football
1911–1913	Drake
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1934	Southwest Texas State
Basketball
1920–1924	Southwest Texas State
1944–1946	Southwest Texas State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1958	Southwest Texas State
Head coaching record
Overall	72–52–10 (college football); 22–68 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 TIAA (1929)

Oscar William Strahan (August 10, 1891 – August 21, 1978) was an American football, basketball, and track coach and college athletics administrator. He was a student-athlete at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa where he was a recipient of the school's Double D Award.^[1]

After coaching high school athletics in Iowa for three years, he became the head football coach (1919–1934) and head basketball coach (1920–1924, 1944–1946) at Southwest Texas State University–now known as Texas State University.^[2] He also served as the school's athletic director until his retirement and coach track for 39 years.^[3]

Strahan died on August 21, 1978.^[4]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Independent) (1919–1921)
1919	Southwest Texas State	4–4
1920	Southwest Texas State	5–2–1
1921	Southwest Texas State	7–0
Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922–1931)
1922	Southwest Texas State	3–3	0–3	T–9th
1923	Southwest Texas State	4–4	3–4	9th
1924	Southwest Texas State	5–3	4–2	T–3rd
1925	Southwest Texas State	2–6–1	1–6	12th
1926	Southwest Texas State	7–2	4–1	T–2nd
1927	Southwest Texas State	4–4–1	3–1–1	T–3rd
1928	Southwest Texas State	2–7	2–3	7th
1929	Southwest Texas State	6–1–2	4–0–2	1st
1930	Southwest Texas State	5–1–3	3–1–2	4th
1931	Southwest Texas State	4–4	2–3	4th (Eastern)
Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Lone Star Conference) (1932–1934)
1932	Southwest Texas State	5–3	3–1	2nd
1933	Southwest Texas State	7–1–1	3–1–1	2nd
1934	Southwest Texas State	2–7–1	0–3–1	5th
Southwest Texas State:		72–52–10	32–29–7
Total:		72–52–10
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ "Oscar Strahan". Drake Bulldogs. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Pedagog - Southwest Texas State Teachers College". Texas State University. 1959. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Strahan-Sweater". Texas State University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Former AD dies". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. August 21, 1978. p. 3D. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[1] "Oscar Strahan". Drake Bulldogs. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[2] "Pedagog - Southwest Texas State Teachers College". Texas State University. 1959. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[3] "Strahan-Sweater". Texas State University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[4] "Former AD dies". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. August 21, 1978. p. 3D. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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