Dave Strong

Dave Strong
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born 1916
Mount Vernon, Washington
Died March 25, 1993(1993-03-25) (aged 76–77)
Ukiah, California
Playing career
Football
1936 Illinois
1937–1939 Michigan
Position(s) Halfback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1941 South Dakota Mines
1945 Nebraska (backfield)
1946 Albright
1947–1948 Whitman
c. 1950 Texas (assistant)
1951–1952 UCLA (backfield)
1954–1956 Sacramento State
Basketball
1941–1942 South Dakota Mines
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1948 Whitman
Head coaching record
Overall 11–7 (basketball)

David Arthur "Finky" Strong (1916 – March 25, 1993) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (1941), Albright College (1946), Whitman College (1947–1948), and California State University, Sacramento (1954–1956). He was the head basketball coach at South Dakota Mines for one season in 1941–42. While at Whitman, he also served as the school's athletic director.

Strong was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. He spent his childhood in Seattle, Spokane, Washington, Yakima, Washington, and Helena, Montana. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Michigan.[1] Strong passed away from a heart attack while playing tennis in 1993.[2][3]

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