12 Facts About Dave Strack

David H Strack was an American athletic director for the University of Arizona and head basketball coach at the University of Michigan.

Dave Strack was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Dave Strack played college basketball at the University of Michigan, earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946.

Dave Strack briefly played professionally for the Indianapolis Kautskys of the NBL.

In May 1960, Dave Strack was hired as the head coach back at the University of Michigan, and served from 1960 to 1968.

Dave Strack led the Wolverines to three Big Ten Conference titles and the 1965 NCAA Tournament title game.

In 1968, Dave Strack became the University of Michigan's business manager, then the associate athletic director in 1970.

Dave Strack resigned in January 1972 to become the athletic director of the University of Arizona.

In 1980, Dave Strack was criticized following a scandal involving the football program's use of an athletic slush fund for improper payments to coaches, alumni and recruits.

Dave Strack resigned in July 1982 to become a professor of physical education.

In 1992, Dave Strack was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

In 1947, while attending the University of Michigan, Dave Strack met and married Ruth Ann Mayer.