The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame and the University of Findlay paid tribute to 2004 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Coach Dick Strahm with an On-Campus Salute last Saturday.
Findlay honored their legendary coach during the "Strahm Celebration," a day long event that culminated with the presentation of his Hall of Fame plaque at a dinner after Findlay took on Northwood.
The rest of the 2004 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be honored with On-Campus Salutes at their respective alma maters and coaching sites throughout the remainder 2004 college football season.
HONOREE BIOGRAPHY
Coach Dick Strahm
University of Findlay (OH)
Head Coach, 1975-98
183-64-5, .736
One of the most successful coaches in NAIA history, Dick Strahm lifted the University of Findlay football program to national prominence in over two decades at the helm. With 183 victories and a .736 winning percentage, he is the winningest coach in school history.
With unprecedented success at Findlay, Strahm recorded a remarkable 22 winning campaigns in 24 seasons. Since 1975, Findlay won at least a share of 13 conference titles, made 13 NAIA National Playoff appearances and reached the pinnacle of NAIA success with four National Championships. He coached 38 NAIA All-Americas, 16 NAIA scholar-athletes and one NAIA Player of the Year.
All of Findlay’s success has not come without personal accolades for Strahm. He has been named NAIA District 22 Coach of the Year an amazing 12 times, Hoosier-Buckeye Conference Coach of the Year nine times, Mid-State Football Association Coach of the Year twice and NAIA’s top coaching honor, National Coach of the Year four times.
Devoting much of his life to football, Strahm has coached 10 years on the high school level and served as assistant coach at the University of Toledo and Kansas State University prior to coming to Findlay.
With 119 chapters and over 13,000 members nationwide, The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, a not-for-profit educational organization, runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in America’s young people. NFF programs include the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., PLAY IT SMART, The NFF Center for Youth Development Through Sport at Springfield College (Mass.), the NFL-NFF Coaching Academy, and scholarships of nearly $1 million for College and High School Scholar-Athletes.
