Harold "Tuffy" Stratton

For persons of a similar name, see Harold Stratton (disambiguation).

Harold Lavern "Tuffy" Stratton (December 21, 1920 – August 17, 1994) was an American college football coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University–1955 and at Northeastern Oklahoma State University from 1956 to 1961, where he led his team to the NAIA Football National Championship in 1958.^[2][3]

Harold Stratton

Biographical details
Born	(1920-12-21)December 21, 1920 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	August 17, 1994(1994-08-17) (aged 73) San Diego, California, U.S.
Playing career
1941	Northeastern State
1946–1947	Tulsa
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949	Northeastern State (assistant)
1950–1953	Bacone
1954	Arkansas Tech (assistant)
1955	Southwest Missouri State
1956–1961	Northeastern State
Head coaching record
Overall	35–31–1 (college)
Bowls	0–1
Tournaments	2–0 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NAIA (1958) 2 OCAC (1956, 1958)

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1955)
1955	Southwest Missouri State	2–6–1	1–4	T–5th
Southwest Missouri State:		2–6–1	1–4
Northeastern State Redmen (Oklahoma Collegiate Conference) (1956–1961)
1956	Northeastern State	8–2	4–1	T–1st	L Mineral Water
1957	Northeastern State	7–3	3–2	T–2nd
1958	Northeastern State	11–0	6–0	1st	W NAIA Championship
1959	Northeastern State	3–6	2–4	5th
1960	Northeastern State	1–8	0–6	7th
1961	Northeastern State	3–6	2–4	T–5th
Northeastern State:		33–25	17–17
Total:		35–31–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth