Dave David Strack Signed AUTO 3x5 index information card Michigan Basketball Coach Kautskys

Dave Strack (D.2014) was an American athletic director for the University of Arizona and head basketball coach of the University of Michigan. He was inducted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.Strack grew up in Indiana. He graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana where he was the basketball team's captain and MVP in 1941 and named to the Indiana All-Star team. Strack played basketball for the University of Michigan (UM), earning MVP honors in 1943 and 1946He briefly played professionally for the Indianapolis Kautskys of the NBL. He returned to UM and served as an assistant basketball coach from 1948 to 1959. Strack left to become the head coach at the University of Idaho for one year.The following year, he was hired as the head coach for men's basketball at the University of Michigan and served from 1960 to 1968. He led the Wolverines to three Big 10 conference titles (1964, 1965, 1966) and to the 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament title game. Following his team's 24-4 record and runner-up finish in 1965, Strack was named the UPI College Basketball Coach of the YearOffered is a 3x5 index card that he signed and wrote out some details. Stamped on the verso, April 1961 when he was head coach at Michigan.