Dave Kragthorpe played one season for the New York Giants as a guard, being taken 188th overall in the 1955 NFL draft.
10 Facts About Dave Kragthorpe
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Dave Kragthorpe was an assistant coach for two seasons at Montana and two at South Dakota State; he was promoted to head coach at SDSU in 1969, and posted a He then served as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Brigham Young University, under former USU teammate LaVell Edwards from 1970 to 1975.
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Dave Kragthorpe continued to coach the offensive line under new offensive coordinator Doug Scovil from 1976 to 1979.
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Dave Kragthorpe hired Kragthorpe as his head coach in and the Bengals improved to in 1980 and came within nine points of eventual national champion Boise State in the season finale.
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In June 1983, Dave Kragthorpe stepped away from the sidelines to take over as athletics director at his alma mater, Utah State in Logan.
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In recognition of how difficult the Oregon State job was perceived to be in those days, Dave Kragthorpe won the Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors in 1989, despite having a losing record that year with the Beavers.
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In 1994, Dave Kragthorpe was hired by the USU Alumni Association to resurrect the university's alumni chapters program.
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Dave Kragthorpe is a member of the Old Main Society, Alumni Sustaining Membership program, Big Blue Club, and the Emeriti Association.
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Dave Kragthorpe's son, Kurt, is a sportswriter for the Salt Lake Tribune, while another son, Steve, served as head coach at Tulsa and Louisville.
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Grandson Brad Dave Kragthorpe is an assistant for the Cincinnati Bengals.