Ron Stratten

American football player and coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player and coach
PlacesUnited States of America
isAmerican football player Football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth1943, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, U.S.A.
Age82 years
The details

Biography

Ron Stratten (born 1943) was the head coach for the Portland State Vikings college football team from 1972 to 1974. He compiled an overall record of 9–24 in three seasons. Stratten was one of the first African American head football coaches at a university with a majority white enrollment.

Stratten resigned after three seasons due to the team's poor performance. He was succeeded by Mouse Davis, the offensive coordinator he had hired a year earlier. After leaving coaching, he worked for the NCAA's education services division, and is now retired and living in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Stratten grew up in San Francisco and attended Lowell High School, where he played linebacker and fullback. He played college football for the University of Oregon from 1961 to 1963, and was the Ducks' defensive line coach from 1968 to 1971.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsCoaches#AP°
Portland State Vikings (Division II Independent) (1972–1974)
1972Portland State3–8
1973Portland State1–10
1974Portland State5–6
Total:9–24
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
  • #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.
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