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.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1943 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ohio Northern University Bowling Green State University |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1964 | Ohio Northern |
| Track and field | |
| c. 1964 | Ohio Northern |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965 | Ohio Northern freshmen |
| 1966–1968 | Warren Western Reserve HS (AHC/OC) |
| 1969 | Bowling Green (GA) |
| 1970 | Bellevue HS (DC) |
| 1971 | Taft HS[a] |
| 1971 | Bowling Green freshmen |
| 1972–1976 | Bowling Green (DC/LB) |
| 1977–1980 | Navy (DC) |
| 1981–1988 | Georgia (LB) |
| 1988 | Georgia (interim DC) |
| 1989 | Western Carolina |
| 1990–1993 | Duke (DC) |
| 1994–1996 | Temple (DC) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1998–2005 | Denver Broncos (Scout) |
| 2006–2010 | Houston Texans (DCS) |
| 2011 | Houston Texans (Scout) |
Early life and education
editStrahm 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
editAfter 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ Did not coach a game.
References
edit- ^ a b c Richardson, Rex (April 23, 1971). ""Strahm" Clouds Form On West Side". The Journal News – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Moeller, Bill (April 20, 1971). "Dale Strahm To Be Taft Football Coach". The Journal News – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Moeller, Bill (May 20, 1971). "Bill's Board". The Journal News – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Navy picks Dale Strahm as assistant grid coach". The Baltimore Sun. February 11, 1977 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dooley Hired Dale Strahm". Alabama Journal. March 3, 1981 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ O'Toole, Thomas (December 11, 1988). "Popular New Defensive Chief Strahm Plans Improved Pass Defense". The Atlanta Constitution – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Western Hires Football Coach". The Charlotte Observer. Associated Press. April 19, 1989 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mead, Doug (April 19, 1989). "New Western Coach Gets High Marks". Asheville Citizen-Times – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Link, Dave (September 22, 1989). "Cats ride emotional high into ETSU game". Johnson City Press – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Western Carolina Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Mead, Doug (January 12, 1990). "Coaching Wheel Turns Again At WCU". Asheville Citizen-Times – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Duke's Strahm strolls over to Temple". The Herald-Sun. July 15, 1994 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Temple". Tampa Bay Times. December 5, 1996 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Broncos". The Baltimore Sun. May 16, 1998 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Houston Texans". The Tribune. June 29, 2006 – via Newspapers.com.