Dave Strong

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.

Dave Strong

Biographical details
Born	1916 Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.
Died	March 25, 1993(1993-03-25) (aged 76–77) Ukiah, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1936	Illinois
1937–1939	Michigan
Positions	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	15–37–3 (football) 11–7 (basketball)

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 died from a heart attack while playing tennis in 1993.^[2][3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1941)
1941	South Dakota Mines	4–2–1	2–1
South Dakota Mines:		4–2–1	2–1
Albright Lions (Independent) (1946)
1946	Albright	1–7
Albright:		1–7
Whitman Fighting Missionaries (Northwest Conference) (1947–1948)
1947	Whitman	1–6–1	1–5	6th
1948	Whitman	4–4–1	2–3–1	5th
Whitman:		5–10–1	3–8–1
Sacramento State Hornets (Far Western Conference) (1954–1956)
1954	Sacramento State	0–7	0–5	7th
1955	Sacramento State	2–6	0–5	6th
1956	Sacramento State	3–5–1	1–4	5th
Sacramento State:		5–18–1	1–14
Total:		15–37–3