Steve Strome is the former head men’s

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. Strome also served as the assistant men's

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from 1966 to 1969. During his coaching career Strome has received multiple awards including Coach of the Year in more than one conference, won multiple conference championships and was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame.

Coaching career

Strome coached the

men's tennis team from 1969 to 1979. In Strome's first year at Miami University his team did not even win one Mid-American Conference match. Strome however went on two win seven

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Pete Conrad, February 11, 2007 Dayton Daily News He was also named MAC coach of the year five times and lead the Redskins to 27 singles and 14 doubles champions. During his tenure at Miami, Strome was also an assistant basketball coach from 1966 to 1969. In 1979, Strome announced that he would be leaving Miami University, and would take over as the head tennis coach at

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for the 1980 season. In 1980, Strome was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame. After coaching at LSU until 1982, Strome left LSU with a 46–27 record and took another job at

where he served until 1990. Since then Strome has served as head coach of the

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, whose team took five league titles. He has also been awarded Coach of the Year multiple times in the Patriot League.

References

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