Bowling Green State University Athletics
Stroia Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach At BGSU
July 14, 2006 | Men's Basketball
July 14, 2006
Bowling Green, Ohio - Bowling Green State University men's basketball coach Dan Dakich has named John Stroia as assistant coach for the Falcons. He will begin his duties immediately.
"John adds a veteran presence to our staff and his knowledge of this area in particular will be a tremendous asset to our program," said Dakich. "He has Division I head coaching experience and during his time as an assistant at Weber State, he was able to be part of a program that went undefeated in a very competitive league and went to the NCAA Tournament.
Stroia, who shares the same hometown as Dakich, Merrillville, Indiana, comes to BGSU after serving as an assistant coach at Weber State since 1999. During his tenure, the Wildcats won 116 games, a Big Sky Conference title in 2003 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament that same year.
He also is now stranger to the state of Ohio. He was the head basketball coach at Youngstown State from 1989-93 after coming to YSU as an assistant coach on the staff of former NBA head coach Jim Cleamons from 1987-89. From 1982-87, he was head men's basketball coach and coordinator of athletics at Ohio State-Lima and Lima Technical College from 1982-87.
Stroia also has experience coaching on the professional level working working with the Magic City Snow Bears of the International Basketball Association in 1997-98. From 1993-98, he was the Editor/Publisher of Hoosierland Basketball Review from 1993-98.
He also has extensive experience on the summer camp circuit serving as an instructor at the prestigious 5-Star Basketball Camp and for camps of some of the top college coaches in the country including Bobby Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyewski, and Gene Keady.
Stroia also has worked in the MAC serving as a graduate assistant in 1981-82 at Ball State. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1981 and his master's degree in physical education from BSU in 1982.
"This is a great opportunity for me to work with Coach Dakich and a quality program like Bowling Green," Stroia said.
