Biographical details | |
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Born | 1936 (age 87–88) Osage City, Kansas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
c. 1957 | College of Emporia |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1964 | Emporia HS (KS) |
1965–1966 | College of Emporia |
1969–1971 | Fort Hays State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 18–25–2 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 KCAC (1966) | |
Lawrence Thompson Stromgren (born 1936) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the College of Emporia in Emporia, Kansas from 1965 to 1966 and Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, from 1969 to 1971, and compiling a career college football coaching record of 18–25–2. [1] Stromgren was born in 1936 in Osage City, Kansas. [2]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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College of Emporia Fighting Presbies (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(1965–1966) | |||||||||
1965 | College of Emporia | 5–3–1 | 5–3–1 | T–4th | |||||
1966 | College of Emporia | 8–1 | 8–1 | T–1st | |||||
College of Emporia: | 13–4–1 | 13–4–1 | |||||||
Fort Hays State Tigers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1969–1971) | |||||||||
1969 | Fort Hays State | 0–9 | 0–6 | 7th (Plains) | |||||
1970 | Fort Hays State | 5–5 | 2–3 | 4th (Plains) | |||||
1971 | Fort Hays State | 2–7–1 | 1–3–1 | T–4th (Plains) | |||||
Fort Hays State: | 7–21–1 | 3–12–1 | |||||||
Total: | 18–25–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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