Dave Kragthorpe
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| Dave Kragthorpe | ||
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| Title | Head Football Coach | |
| College | Oregon State | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Place of birth |  |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 41-69-2 | |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1951-1954 | Utah State University | |
| Position | Tackle | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1969 1970-1979 1980-1982 1985-1990 |
South Dakota State Brigham Young (AC) Idaho State Oregon State |
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Dave Kragthorpe is a former American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at South Dakota State in 1969, at Idaho State from 1980-1982, and finally with Oregon State University from 1985-1990. His overall record as a head coach is 41-69-2.
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[edit] Early life
Kragthorpe attended Utah State University where he excelled as a two-way tackle (’51-’54) for the Aggies. In addition, he was also on the baseball team. Despite all his athletic obligations, Kragthorpe graduated with double bachelors’ degrees in Physical Education and Recreation Education in 1955. A short time later, he returned to USU and earned his master’s degree in Secondary Education.
[edit] Coaching career
Kragthorpe spent one season as the head coach at South Dakota State University in 1969. In that season, he posted a 2-7 record that season. From there, Dave served as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Brigham Young University, under Lavell Edwards. The Cougars were one of the first programs totally committed to throwing the football in the 1970s, a time when "three yards and a cloud of dust" was still the dominant sentiment in college football.
After going 0-11 in 1979, Idaho State Athletic Director Babe Caccia decided to try to import some of the passing magic from nearby Provo, Utah. He hired Kragthorpe as his head coach, and the Bengals immediately improved to 6-5 his first season, 1980, coming within a final game loss to eventualnational champion Boise State from winning a share of the Big Sky championship and going to the 1-AA playoffs.
Kragthorpe recorded a 21-14 record in three seasons, 1980-82. The best results were definitely in his second season, a 12-1 season in 1981, when the Bengals won the Big Sky conference title and the Division I-AA national championship behind quarterback Mike Machurek, who went on to become a reserve QB with the Detroit Lions. During this 1981 season, Idaho State outscored its opponents 422-172.
In the 1983, Kragthorpe stepped away from the sidelines to take over as athletics director at Utah State University. After two years in this capacity, he returned to coaching in 1985.
In 1985, Kragthorpe was named the head coach at Oregon State. His career at OSU was a rocky one. He implemented a very pass oriented offense, penned the "Air Express" in Corvallis. This offense did not co-relate to wins in the Pac-10. He did not have a winning season in his six seasons with Oregon State. He managed an overall record of 17-48-2. In recognition of how difficult the Oregon State job was perceived to be in those days, Kragthorpe actually won PAC 10 coach of the year honors one season, despite having a losing record that year with the Beavers.
[edit] 1985 Oregon State vs. Washington
Despite Kragthorpe's numbers at Oregon State, he will be forever linked to one if the greatest wins in Oregon State history and one of the biggest upsets in college football history. In his first season under the helm at OSU, Kragthorpe took his team in to Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington to take on the Washington Huskies. The Beavers entered the game as 38 point underdogs. After sixty minutes of play, and a blocked punt for a touchdown with 1:29 left to go in the game that was recovered for a Beaver touchdown, Oregon State pulled off one of the biggest upsets in college football history, 21-20.
The Kragthorpe "coaching tree" eventually included both Jim and Brent Koetter, multiple state championship winning coaches at Pocatello and Highland High School in Pocatello; Marvin Lewis, who played and coached under Kragthorpe at ISU, now head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals; and Mike Shepherd, receivers and quarterbacks coach under Kragthorpe at Idaho State; who has had a long career as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator in the National Football League.
[edit] Post-Coaching Career
In 1994, he was hired by the USU Alumni Association to resurrect the university’s alumni chapters program. Despite officially retiring in 2001, Kragthorpe can still be found at his desk in the Alumni Office, overseeing the USU alumni chapters in Idaho and northern Nevada.
Kragthorpe is a huge supporter of USU and Aggie athletics. He is a member of the Old Main Society, Alumni Sustaining Membership program, Big Blue Club, and the Emeriti Association. In 2005, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award. His love of sports continues to live on in his children also. His son, Kurt, is a sports writer for the Salt Lake Tribune. Another son, Steve Kragthorpe, is a college football coach, presently at the University of Louisville.
Kragthorpe and his wife, Barbara, split their time between Logan, Utah and Louisville, Ky.
[edit] Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Rank# | |||
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| South Dakota State Jackrabbits (North Central Conference) (1969) | |||||||||
| 1969 | South Dakota State | 3-7 | |||||||
| South Dakota State: | 3-7 | ||||||||
| Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (1980 – 1982) | |||||||||
| 1980 | Idaho State | 6-5 | |||||||
| 1981 | Idaho State | 12-1 | |||||||
| 1982 | Idaho State | 3-8 | |||||||
| Idaho State: | 21-14 | ||||||||
| Oregon State Beavers (Pacific Ten Conference) (1985 – 1990) | |||||||||
| 1985 | Oregon State | 3-8 | 2-6 | 9 | |||||
| 1986 | Oregon State | 3-8 | 2-5 | 10 | |||||
| 1987 | Oregon State | 2-9 | 0-7 | 10 | |||||
| 1988 | Oregon State | 4-6-1 | 2-5-1 | 8 | |||||
| 1989 | Oregon State | 4-7-1 | 3-4-1 | 6 | |||||
| 1990 | Oregon State | 1-10 | 1-6 | 10 | |||||
| Oregon State: | 17-48-2 | 10-33-2 | |||||||
| Total: | 41-69-2 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
[edit] External links
- College Football Data Warehouse.com - Dave Kragthorpe's college coaching record
- College Football Data Warehouse.com - 1981 Idaho State Bengals
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