Dave Strack

David Hessong Strack


Born:
March 23, 1923
Indianapolis, IN

Died:
January 25, 2014
Tucson, AZ


Career
1939-40 Shortridge High School - Indianapolis (High School)
1940-41 Shortridge High School - Indianapolis (High School)
1941-42 Shortridge High School - Indianapolis (High School)
1942-43 University of Michigan (College) - Freshman team
1943-44 University of Michigan (College)
1944-45 University of Michigan (College)
1945-46 University of Michigan (College)
1945-46 Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL)
1948-49 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach, freshman team
1948-49 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach, freshman team
1948-49 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach, freshman team
1951-52 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach, freshman team
1952-53 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1953-54 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1954-55 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1955-56 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1956-57 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1957-58 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1958-59 University of Michigan (College) - Assistant coach
1959-60 University of Idaho (College) - Head coach
1960-61 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1961-62 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1962-63 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1963-64 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1964-65 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1965-66 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1966-67 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach
1967-68 University of Michigan (College) - Head coach

Strack was from Indianapolis, and after high school attended the University of Michigan. After a brief professional career, Strack returned to his alma mater as the coach for the freshman team. He joined on to be an assistant coach for the varsity team under William Perigo, and left in 1959 for the head coach job at Idaho. He returned after one season to take over the Wolverine head coaching job, where he stayed for eight seasons. He then went to Arizona State where he was the Athletic Director before retiring. He died of pneumonia in 2014.

Strack was married to Ruth Ann Meyer (d. 2011) and they had five children.


Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/s/stracda01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=stracda01