Harold Lavern "Tuffy" Stratton (December 21, 1920 – August 17, 1994) was an American football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State University—now known as Missouri State University–1955 and at Northeastern Oklahoma State University from 1956 to 1961, where he led his team to the NAIA Football National Championship in 1958.[2][3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1920 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | August 17, 1994 (aged 73) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1941 | Northeastern State |
| 1946–1947 | Tulsa |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1949 | Northeastern State (assistant) |
| 1950–1953 | Bacone JC |
| 1954 | Arkansas Tech (assistant) |
| 1955 | Southwest Missouri State |
| 1956–1961 | Northeastern State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 35–31–1 (college) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Tournaments | 2–0 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NAIA (1958) 2 OCAC (1956, 1958) | |
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| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1955) | |||||||||
| 1955 | Southwest Missouri State | 2–6–1 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Southwest Missouri State: | 2–6–1 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Northeastern State Redmen (Oklahoma Collegiate Conference) (1956–1961) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Northeastern State | 8–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | L Mineral Water | ||||
| 1957 | Northeastern State | 7–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1958 | Northeastern State | 11–0 | 6–0 | 1st | W NAIA Championship | ||||
| 1959 | Northeastern State | 3–6 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1960 | Northeastern State | 1–8 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| 1961 | Northeastern State | 3–6 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| Northeastern State: | 33–25 | 17–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 35–31–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Stratton To Coach Southwest Missouri". Charleston Daily Mail. February 27, 1955. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "Coach Tuffy Stratton Dies at 73". News OK. August 19, 1994. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Coach Stratton Game NSU thrills for Seven Seasons". Muskogee Phoenix. 5 August 2007. Retrieved December 6, 2018.