Dick Strahm | |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1934 |
Birth Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1970–1972 |
Coach Team1: | Toledo (DC) |
Coach Years2: | 1973–1974 |
Coach Team2: | Kansas State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1975–1998 |
Coach Team3: | Findlay |
Overall Record: | 183–64–5 |
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) |
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.[1] 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.[2]