Ron Stratten

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Birthplace =flagicon|USA San Francisco, California
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Sport = Football
College = Portland State
Title = Head Coach
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OverallRecord = 9-24
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CFbDWID = 2952
Player = Y
Years = 1961-1963
Team = Oregon
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Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1968-1971
1972-1974
CoachTeams = Oregon (defensive line)
Portland State (head coach)
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Ron Stratten (b. 1943 in San Francisco, California) 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.cite web|url=http://www.vikings.pdx.edu/coachrecords.html|title=Portland State Football Coaching Records|publisher=Portland State Vikings|accessdate=2007-05-14] Stratten was the first African American head football coach at a university with a majority white enrollment.cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports/117912572563500.xml&coll=7|title=Football's forgotten pioneer|last=Bachman|first=Rachel|work=The Oregonian|date=May 13, 2007|accessdate=2007-05-14]

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.cite web| title =UO Assistant Coaches|work =University of Oregon 2006 Football Media Guide|date =2006| url =http://www.goducks.com/pdf6/40637.pdf| pages =p. 171| accessdate = 2007-05-14]

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