Oscar W. Strahan
Oscar William Strahan (August 10, 1891 – August 21, 1978) was an American football player and college football and basketball coach. He was a student-athlete at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa where he was a recipient of the school's Double D Award.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 10, 1891 |
| Died | August 21, 1978 (aged 87) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1913 | Drake |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1934 | Southwest Texas State |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1924 | Southwest Texas State |
| 1944–1946 | Southwest Texas State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1919–1958 | Southwest Texas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–52–10 (college football) 22–68 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 TIAA (1929) | |
As coaching high school athletics in Iowa for three years, he became the head football coach (1919–1934) and head basketball coach (1920–1924, 1944–1946) at Southwest Texas State University–now known as Texas State University.[2] He also served as the school's athletic director until his retirement.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1931) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Southwest Texas State | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1920 | Southwest Texas State | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | Southwest Texas State | 7–0 | |||||||
| 1922 | Southwest Texas State | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1923 | Southwest Texas State | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1924 | Southwest Texas State | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1925 | Southwest Texas State | 2–6–1 | 1–6 | 12th | |||||
| 1926 | Southwest Texas State | 7–2 | 2nd | ||||||
| 1927 | Southwest Texas State | 4–4–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1928 | Southwest Texas State | 2–7 | 2–3 | 7th | |||||
| 1929 | Southwest Texas State | 6–1–2 | 4–0–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1930 | Southwest Texas State | 5–1–3 | 3–1–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1931 | Southwest Texas State | 4–4 | 2–3 | 4th (Eastern) | |||||
| Southwest Texas State Bobcats (Lone Star Conference) (1932–1934) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Southwest Texas State | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1933 | Southwest Texas State | 7–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1934 | Southwest Texas State | 2–7–1 | 0–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| Southwest Texas State: | 72–52–10 | ||||||||
| Total: | 72–52–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- "Oscar Strahan". Drake Bulldogs. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Pedagog - Southwest Texas State Teachers College". Texas State University. 1959. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Strahan-Sweater". Texas State University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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