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{{Short description|American college sports coach and administrator (1923–2014)}}
{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dave Strack
| name = Dave Strack
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| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Strack from 1967 ''Michiganensian''
| caption = Strack from 1967 ''Michiganensian''
| sport = [[Basketball]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|3|2}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|3|2}}
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis,Indiana]]
| birth_place = [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|1|25|1923|3|2}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|1|25|1923|3|2}}
| death_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
| death_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1943–1946
| player_years1 = 1943–1946
| player_team1 = [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]
| player_team1 = [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]
| player_years2 = 1946
| player_team2 = [[Indianapolis Kautskys]]
| coach_years1 = 1948–1959
| coach_years1 = 1948–1959
| coach_team1 = [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]] (assistant)
| coach_team1 = [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1959–1960
| coach_years2 = 1959–1960
| coach_team2 = [[Idaho Vandals men's basketball|Idaho]]
| coach_team2 = [[1959–60 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team|Idaho]]
| coach_years3 = 1960–1968
| coach_years3 = 1960–1968
| coach_team3 = [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]]
| coach_team3 = Michigan
| admin_years1 = 1970–1972
| admin_years1 = 1970–1972
| admin_team1 = [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]] (associate AD)
| admin_team1 = [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]] (associate AD)
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| overall_record = 124–104
| overall_record = 124–104
| bowl_record =
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 7–3 ([[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA]])
| tournament_record = 7–3 ([[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA University Division]])
| championships = 3 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] regular season (1964–1966)
| championships = 3 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] regular season (1964–1966)
| awards =
| awards =
| coaching_records =
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'''David H. Strack''' (March 2, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American [[athletic director]] for the [[University of Arizona]] and head [[college basketball|basketball]] coach at the [[University of Michigan]]. He was inducted into the [[Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vistosomemorialchapel.com/sitemaker/sites/vistos0/obit.cgi?user=1225046Strack|title=Google}}</ref>

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'''David H. Strack''' (March 2, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American [[athletic director]] for the [[University of Arizona]] and head [[college basketball|basketball]] coach of the [[University of Michigan]]. He was inducted to the [[Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame]].<ref>http://vistosomemorialchapel.com/sitemaker/sites/vistos0/obit.cgi?user=1225046Strack</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Strack grew up in Indiana. He graduated from [[Shortridge High School]] in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] where he was the basketball team's captain and MVP in 1941 and named to the Indiana All-Star team.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web | title=Dave Strack | work=Indian Basketball Hall of Fame | publisher=hoopshall.com | url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/dave-strack/?back=HallofFame | accessdate=2011-10-21}}</ref> Strack played basketball for the [[University of Michigan]] (UM), earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946.<ref name="HOF"/>
Strack grew up in [[Indiana]] and graduated from [[Shortridge High School]] in [[Indianapolis]], where he was the basketball team's captain and MVP in 1941 and was named to the Indiana All-Star team.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web | title=Dave Strack | work=Indian Basketball Hall of Fame | publisher=hoopshall.com | url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/dave-strack/?back=HallofFame | access-date=2011-10-21}}</ref> Strack played college basketball at the [[University of Michigan]] (UM), earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946.<ref name="HOF"/>


==Basketball career==
==Basketball career==
He briefly played professionally for the [[Indianapolis Kautskys]] of the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]].<ref>"Kautskys sign Strack". ''[[Kokomo Tribune]]''. February 20, 1946. 10.</ref> He returned to UM and served as an assistant basketball coach from 1948 to 1959.<ref name="HOF"/> Strack left to become the head coach at the [[University of Idaho]] for one year.<ref name="HOF"/>
Strack briefly played professionally for the [[Indianapolis Kautskys]] of the [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]].<ref>"Kautskys sign Strack". ''[[Kokomo Tribune]]''. February 20, 1946. 10.</ref> He&nbsp;returned to UM and served as an assistant coach from [[1948–49 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1948]] to [[1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1959]],<ref name="HOF"/> then left in June 1959 to become the head coach at the [[1959–60 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team|University of Idaho]].<ref name="HOF"/><ref name=univst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XJlfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6484%2C310856 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=University studies 55 applications for basketball job |date=June 3, 1959 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name=masihv>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZZlfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6579%2C1889840 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Michigan aide studies Idaho hoop vacancy |date=June 12, 1959 |page=11 }}</ref><ref name=masvcp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ff1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7067%2C3523493 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Michigan assistant Vandals' cage pick |date=June 16, 1959 |page=18}}</ref>


The following year he was hired as the head coach for men's basketball at the University of Michigan and served from 1960 to 1968. He led the Wolverines to three [[Big 10 conference]] titles (1964, 1965, 1966) and to the [[1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] title game. Following his team's 24–4 record and runner-up finish in 1965, Strack was named the [[UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = United Press International Coach of the Year winners | work = NCAA Individual Awards | publisher = Association for Professional Basketball Research | url = http://www.apbr.org/ncaaawrd.html | accessdate = 19 May 2010}}</ref>
In May [[1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1960]], Strack was hired as the head coach back at the University of Michigan,<ref name=icbtnp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fR5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6996%2C5065000 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho cage boss takes new post |date=May 20, 1960 |page=17}}</ref><ref name=srcpnx>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ljRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zecDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5093%2C1730708 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Strack's move to Michigan confirmed; Cipriano next? |date=May 21, 1960 |page=10}}</ref><ref name=lmtsapos>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zr1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4977%2C3254831 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Strack accepts position at Michigan |date=May 21, 1960 |page=2}}</ref> and served from 1960 to [[1967–68 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1968]]. He led the Wolverines to three [[Big Ten Conference]] titles ([[1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1964]], [[1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1965]], [[1965–66 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|1966]]) and the [[1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1965 NCAA Tournament]] title game. Following his team's 24–4 record and runner-up finish in 1965, Strack was named the [[UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = United Press International Coach of the Year winners | work = NCAA Individual Awards | publisher = Association for Professional Basketball Research | url = http://www.apbr.org/ncaaawrd.html | access-date = 19 May 2010}}</ref>


==Athletic director==
==Athletic director==
In 1968, Strack became the University of Michigan's business manager, then the associate athletic director in 1970.
In 1968, Strack became the University of Michigan's business manager, then the associate athletic director in 1970.


Strack resigned in January 1972 to become the athletic director of the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SnYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4411,1246192&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|title=Michigan's Strack to go to Arizona|date=January 12, 1972|work=Milwaukee Journal|pages=8 (Section II)|accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref> Strack's tenure at Arizona included the hiring of the first African-American head coach of a major university (basketball coach [[Fred Snowden]])<ref name = "NYTobit">{{cite news | last = Thomas | first = Robert McG., Jr. | title = Fred Snowden, Basketball Coach And Black Pioneer, Is Dead at 57 | pages = D20 | publisher = New York Times | date = January 19, 1994 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/19/obituaries/fred-snowden-basketball-coach-and-black-pioneer-is-dead-at-57.html }}</ref> and the school's transition into [[Pac-10]] athletic conference.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i88vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6472,1929832&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|title=Arizona Seeks Schedule Help|date=December 22, 1976|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|page=23|accessdate=21 October 2011|location=Tucson, Arizona}}</ref> In 1980, Strack was criticized following a scandal involving the football program's use of an athletic slush fund for improper payments to coaches, alumni and recruits.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Margaret Jones|last2=Russell|first2=Robert H.|title=Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting|date=October 15, 1986|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-06058-5|pages=63 _ 93}}</ref> Strack resigned in July 1982 to become a professor of physical education.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3529,1888577&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|title=Dave Strack Leaves AD Post at Arizona|date=May 19, 1982|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|page=2C|accessdate=21 October 2011}}</ref>
Strack resigned in January 1972 to become the athletic director of the [[University of Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SnYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4411,1246192&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|title=Michigan's Strack to go to Arizona|date=January 12, 1972|work=Milwaukee Journal|pages=8 (Section II)|access-date=21 October 2011|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426084653/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SnYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lCgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4411,1246192&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> Strack's tenure at Arizona included the hiring of the first African-American head coach of a major university (basketball coach [[Fred Snowden]])<ref name = "NYTobit">{{cite news | last = Thomas | first = Robert McG. Jr. | title = Fred Snowden, Basketball Coach And Black Pioneer, Is Dead at 57 | pages = D20 | work = New York Times | date = January 19, 1994 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/19/obituaries/fred-snowden-basketball-coach-and-black-pioneer-is-dead-at-57.html }}</ref> and the school's transition into the [[Pac-10]] athletic conference.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i88vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6472,1929832&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|title=Arizona Seeks Schedule Help|date=December 22, 1976|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|page=23|access-date=21 October 2011|location=Tucson, Arizona}}</ref> In 1980, Strack was criticized following a scandal involving the football program's use of an athletic slush fund for improper payments to coaches, alumni and recruits.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Margaret Jones|last2=Russell|first2=Robert H.|title=Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting|date=October 15, 1986|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-06058-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/behindlinescases00patt/page/63 63 _ 93]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/behindlinescases00patt/page/63}}</ref> Strack resigned in July 1982 to become a professor of physical education.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZZfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NzEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3529,1888577&dq=dave-strack+arizona&hl=en|title=Dave Strack Leaves AD Post at Arizona|date=May 19, 1982|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|page=2C|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>


In 1992, Strack was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref name="HOF"/>
In 1992, Strack was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref name="HOF"/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1947, while attending the University of Michigan, Strack met and married Ruth Ann Mayer. They briefly lived in [[East Lansing, Michigan]] before moving to Ann Arbor to raise their five children. When he took the Arizona athletic director job, they moved to Tucson for his tenure and then to Prescott upon his retirement. They later returned to Tucson, where she died in 2011.<ref>[http://www.vistosomemorialchapel.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=368178 RUTH ANN STRACK November 6, 1925 - April 20, 2011]</ref> Strack, aged 90, died of pneumonia in 2014.<ref>http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/01/dave_strack.html</ref><ref>[http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012514aab.html Former Coach Dave Strack Passes Away]</ref>
In 1947, while attending the University of Michigan, Strack met and married Ruth Ann Mayer. They briefly lived in [[East Lansing, Michigan]] before moving to Ann Arbor to raise their five children. When he took the Arizona athletic director job, they moved to Tucson for his tenure and then to Prescott upon his retirement. They later returned to Tucson, where she died in 2011.<ref>[http://www.vistosomemorialchapel.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=368178 RUTH ANN STRACK November 6, 1925 - April 20, 2011]</ref> Strack, aged 90, died of pneumonia in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/01/dave_strack.html | title=Dave Strack, early architect of Michigan basketball, dies at 90| date=2014-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012514aab.html |title=Former Coach Dave Strack Passes Away |access-date=2014-01-26 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201040059/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012514aab.html }}</ref>


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1959–60]]
| championship =
| season = 1959–60
| name = [[1959–60 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team|Idaho]]
| name = Idaho
| overall = 11–15
| overall = 11–15
| conference =
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1960–61]]
| championship =
| season = 1960–61
| name = [[1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 6–18
| overall = 6–18
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1961–62]]
| championship =
| season = 1961–62
| name = [[1961–62 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1961–62 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 7–17
| overall = 7–17
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1962–63]]
| championship =
| season = 1962–63
| name = [[1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1962–63 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 16–8
| overall = 16–8
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| championship = conference
| season = 1963–64
| season = [[1963–64 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1963–64]]
| name = [[1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 23–5
| overall = 23–5
| conference = 11–3
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = [[1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Final Four]]
| postseason = [[1964 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division Final Four]]
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| championship = conference
| season = 1964–65
| season = [[1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1964–65]]
| name = [[1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 24–4
| overall = 24–4
| conference = 13–1
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = 1st
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Runner-up]]
| postseason = [[1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division Runner-up]]
}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| championship = conference
| season = 1965–66
| season = [[1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1965–66]]
| name = [[1965–66 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1965–66 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 18–8
| overall = 18–8
| conference = 11–3
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = 1st
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Elite Eight]]
| postseason = [[1966 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|NCAA University Division Elite Eight]]
}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1966–67]]
| championship =
| season = 1966–67
| name = [[1966–67 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1966–67 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 8–16
| overall = 8–16
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = [[1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season|1967–68]]
| championship =
| season = 1967–68
| name = [[1967–68 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| name = [[1967–68 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]
| overall = 11–13
| overall = 11–13
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of NCAA men's Division I Final Four appearances by coach]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/dave-strack-1.html Strack coaching stats]
*[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/dave-strack-1.html Strack coaching stats]
*[http://azstarnet.com/sports/greg-hansen-story-of-ex-ua-ad-strack-a-good/article_7c9311d4-1f40-5b84-b237-6e27e34f7e04.html Strack interview] with the ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'' (March 2013)
*[http://azstarnet.com/sports/greg-hansen-story-of-ex-ua-ad-strack-a-good/article_7c9311d4-1f40-5b84-b237-6e27e34f7e04.html Strack interview] with the ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'' (March 2013)


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Latest revision as of 19:44, 16 August 2024

Dave Strack
Strack from 1967 Michiganensian
Biographical details
Born(1923-03-02)March 2, 1923
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
DiedJanuary 25, 2014(2014-01-25) (aged 90)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
1943–1946Michigan
1946Indianapolis Kautskys
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1948–1959Michigan (assistant)
1959–1960Idaho
1960–1968Michigan
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1972Michigan (associate AD)
1972–1982Arizona
Head coaching record
Overall124–104
Tournaments7–3 (NCAA University Division)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 Big Ten regular season (1964–1966)

David H. Strack (March 2, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American athletic director for the University of Arizona and head basketball coach at the University of Michigan. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[1]

Early life

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Strack grew up in Indiana and graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, where he was the basketball team's captain and MVP in 1941 and was named to the Indiana All-Star team.[2] Strack played college basketball at the University of Michigan (UM), earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946.[2]

Basketball career

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Strack briefly played professionally for the Indianapolis Kautskys of the NBL.[3] He returned to UM and served as an assistant coach from 1948 to 1959,[2] then left in June 1959 to become the head coach at the University of Idaho.[2][4][5][6]

In May 1960, Strack was hired as the head coach back at the University of Michigan,[7][8][9] and served from 1960 to 1968. He led the Wolverines to three Big Ten Conference titles (1964, 1965, 1966) and the 1965 NCAA Tournament title game. Following his team's 24–4 record and runner-up finish in 1965, Strack was named the UPI College Basketball Coach of the Year.[10]

Athletic director

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In 1968, Strack became the University of Michigan's business manager, then the associate athletic director in 1970.

Strack resigned in January 1972 to become the athletic director of the University of Arizona.[11] Strack's tenure at Arizona included the hiring of the first African-American head coach of a major university (basketball coach Fred Snowden)[12] and the school's transition into the Pac-10 athletic conference.[13] In 1980, Strack was criticized following a scandal involving the football program's use of an athletic slush fund for improper payments to coaches, alumni and recruits.[14] Strack resigned in July 1982 to become a professor of physical education.[15]

In 1992, Strack was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]

Personal life

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In 1947, while attending the University of Michigan, Strack met and married Ruth Ann Mayer. They briefly lived in East Lansing, Michigan before moving to Ann Arbor to raise their five children. When he took the Arizona athletic director job, they moved to Tucson for his tenure and then to Prescott upon his retirement. They later returned to Tucson, where she died in 2011.[16] Strack, aged 90, died of pneumonia in 2014.[17][18]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Idaho Vandals (Independent) (1959–1960)
1959–60 Idaho 11–15
Idaho: 11–15
Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (1960–1968)
1960–61 Michigan 6–18 2–12 10th
1961–62 Michigan 7–17 5–9 8th
1962–63 Michigan 16–8 8–6 T–4th
1963–64 Michigan 23–5 11–3 T–1st NCAA University Division Final Four
1964–65 Michigan 24–4 13–1 1st NCAA University Division Runner-up
1965–66 Michigan 18–8 11–3 1st NCAA University Division Elite Eight
1966–67 Michigan 8–16 2–12 10th
1967–68 Michigan 11–13 6–8 T–7th
Michigan: 113–89 58–54
Total: 124–104

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Google".
  2. ^ a b c d e "Dave Strack". Indian Basketball Hall of Fame. hoopshall.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  3. ^ "Kautskys sign Strack". Kokomo Tribune. February 20, 1946. 10.
  4. ^ "University studies 55 applications for basketball job". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 3, 1959. p. 11.
  5. ^ "Michigan aide studies Idaho hoop vacancy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 12, 1959. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Michigan assistant Vandals' cage pick". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. June 16, 1959. p. 18.
  7. ^ "Idaho cage boss takes new post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. May 20, 1960. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Strack's move to Michigan confirmed; Cipriano next?". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). May 21, 1960. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Strack accepts position at Michigan". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). May 21, 1960. p. 2.
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  12. ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (January 19, 1994). "Fred Snowden, Basketball Coach And Black Pioneer, Is Dead at 57". New York Times. pp. D20.
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  16. ^ RUTH ANN STRACK November 6, 1925 - April 20, 2011
  17. ^ "Dave Strack, early architect of Michigan basketball, dies at 90". 2014-01-27.
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