:Dick Strahm
{{Short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dick Strahm
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|2|23}}
| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1970–1972
| coach_years2 = 1973–1974
| coach_team2 = Kansas State (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1975–1998
| coach_team3 = Findlay
| overall_record = 183–64–5
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 18–8–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
4–0 (NAIA playoffs)
| championships = 3 NAIA Division II (1979, 1992, 1995)
1 NAIA (1997)
8 Hoosier–Buckeye (1976–1979, 1982–1985)
3 SMFA Midwest League (1995–1997)
| awards = 2× NAIA Division II Coach of the Year (1979, 1995)
NAIA Coach of the Year (1997)
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 2004
| CFBHOF_id = 2132
}}
Dick Strahm (born February 23, 1934) is a former American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio from 1975 to 1998, compiling a record of 183–64–5. His Findlay teams won four NAIA Football National Championships, in 1979, 1992, 1995, and 1997. Strahm was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2004/05/12/Coach-Strahm-in-Hall-of-Fame/stories/200405120010|title= Coach Strahm in Hall of Fame |work=The Blade|date=May 12, 2004}} His biography entitled Just Call Me Coach, written by John Grindrod of Lima, Ohio, was released in December 2008.
In 2023, Findlay announced plans to construct an athletic facility in his honor.{{cite web|url=https://thecourier.com/news/466468/uf-unveils-plans-for-athletic-facility/|title=UF unveils plans for athletic facility|date=June 24, 2023|work=The Courier}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Findlay Oilers
| conf = Hoosier–Buckeye Conference
| startyear = 1975
| endyear = 1985
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Findlay
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–6th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1976
| name = Findlay
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1977
| name = Findlay
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 6–1–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1978
| name = Findlay
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Championship
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1979
| name = Findlay
| overall = 10–1–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Findlay
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Findlay
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1982
| name = Findlay
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1983
| name = Findlay
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1984
| name = Findlay
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1985
| name = Findlay
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Findlay Oilers
| conf = NAIA Division II independent
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = 1993
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Findlay
| overall = 5–4
| conference =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Findlay
| overall = 5–4
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Findlay
| overall = 3–6
| conference =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Findlay
| overall = 7–3
| conference =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Findlay
| overall = 7–2–1
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Findlay
| overall = 9–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1992
| name = Findlay
| overall = 12–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Findlay
| overall = 8–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Findlay Oilers
| conf = Mid-States Football Association
| startyear = 1994
| endyear = 1997
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Findlay
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd (MWL)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1995
| name = Findlay
| overall = 10–1–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st (MWL)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Championship
| bowloutcome = T
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1996
| name = Findlay
| overall = 12–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (MWL)
| bowlname = NAIA Division II Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1997
| name = Findlay
| overall = 14–0
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (MWL)
| bowlname = NAIA Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Findlay Oilers
| conf = Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
| startyear = 1998
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Findlay
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 5–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Findlay
| overall = 183–64–5
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 183–64–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|2132}}
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