David H. Strack(March 2, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an Americanathletic directorfor theUniversity of Arizonaand headbasketballcoach at theUniversity of Michigan.He was inducted into theIndiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[1]
 Strack from 1967Michiganensian | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 2, 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana,U.S. |
| Died | January 25, 2014(aged 90) Tucson, Arizona,U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1943–1946 | Michigan |
| 1946 | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| Coaching career (HCunless noted) | |
| 1948–1959 | Michigan(assistant) |
| 1959–1960 | Idaho |
| 1960–1968 | Michigan |
| Administrative career (ADunless noted) | |
| 1970–1972 | Michigan(associate AD) |
| 1972–1982 | Arizona |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 124–104 |
| Tournaments | 7–3 (NCAA University Division) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3Big Tenregular season (1964–1966) | |
Early life
editStrack grew up inIndianaand graduated fromShortridge High SchoolinIndianapolis,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 theUniversity of Michigan(UM), earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946.[2]
Basketball career
editStrack briefly played professionally for theIndianapolis Kautskysof theNBL.[3]He returned to UM and served as an assistant coach from1948to1959,[2]then left in June 1959 to become the head coach at theUniversity of Idaho.[2][4][5][6]
In May1960,Strack was hired as the head coach back at the University of Michigan,[7][8][9]and served from 1960 to1968.He led the Wolverines to threeBig Ten Conferencetitles (1964,1965,1966) and the1965 NCAA Tournamenttitle game. Following his team's 24–4 record and runner-up finish in 1965, Strack was named theUPI College Basketball Coach of the Year.[10]
Athletic director
editIn 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 theUniversity of Arizona.[11]Strack's tenure at Arizona included the hiring of the first African-American head coach of a major university (basketball coachFred Snowden)[12]and the school's transition into thePac-10athletic 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
editIn 1947, while attending the University of Michigan, Strack met and married Ruth Ann Mayer. They briefly lived inEast Lansing, Michiganbefore 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
edit| 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 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Google".
- ^abcde"Dave Strack".Indian Basketball Hall of Fame.hoopshall.com.Retrieved2011-10-21.
- ^"Kautskys sign Strack".Kokomo Tribune.February 20, 1946. 10.
- ^"University studies 55 applications for basketball job".Lewiston Morning Tribune.(Idaho). Associated Press. June 3, 1959. p. 11.
- ^"Michigan aide studies Idaho hoop vacancy".Lewiston Morning Tribune.(Idaho). Associated Press. June 12, 1959. p. 11.
- ^"Michigan assistant Vandals' cage pick".Spokane Daily Chronicle.(Washington). Associated Press. June 16, 1959. p. 18.
- ^"Idaho cage boss takes new post".Spokane Daily Chronicle.(Washington). Associated Press. May 20, 1960. p. 17.
- ^"Strack's move to Michigan confirmed; Cipriano next?".Spokesman-Review.(Spokane, Washington). May 21, 1960. p. 10.
- ^"Strack accepts position at Michigan".Lewiston Morning Tribune.(Idaho). May 21, 1960. p. 2.
- ^"United Press International Coach of the Year winners".NCAA Individual Awards.Association for Professional Basketball Research.Retrieved19 May2010.
- ^"Michigan's Strack to go to Arizona".Milwaukee Journal.January 12, 1972. pp. 8 (Section II). Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2016.Retrieved21 October2011.
- ^Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (January 19, 1994)."Fred Snowden, Basketball Coach And Black Pioneer, Is Dead at 57".New York Times.pp. D20.
- ^"Arizona Seeks Schedule Help".Spokane Daily Chronicle.Tucson, Arizona. December 22, 1976. p. 23.Retrieved21 October2011.
- ^Patterson, Margaret Jones; Russell, Robert H. (October 15, 1986).Behind the Lines: Case Studies in Investigative Reporting.Columbia University Press. pp.63 _ 93.ISBN978-0-231-06058-5.
- ^"Dave Strack Leaves AD Post at Arizona".Lewiston Morning Tribune.May 19, 1982. p. 2C.Retrieved21 October2011.
- ^RUTH ANN STRACK November 6, 1925 - April 20, 2011
- ^"Dave Strack, early architect of Michigan basketball, dies at 90".2014-01-27.
- ^"Former Coach Dave Strack Passes Away".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-01.Retrieved2014-01-26.
External links
edit- Strack coaching stats
- Strack interviewwith theArizona Daily Star(March 2013)