Ron Stratten (born 1943) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Portland State University team from 1972 to 1974. He compiled an overall record of 9–24 in three seasons. Stratten was one of the first African American head football coaches at a university with a majority white enrollment. 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 Head of Innovation at StrataSoles Enterprises, based in San Diego County, California. Stratten grew up in San Francisco and attended Lowell High School, where he played linebacker and fullback. He played college football at University of Oregon from 1961 to 1963, and was the Ducks' defensive line coach from 1968 to 1971. Head coaching record References 1943 births Living people American football centers American football linebackers Oregon Ducks football coaches Oregon Ducks football players Portland State Vikings football coaches Coaches of American football from California Players of American football from San Francisco African-American coaches of American football African-American players of American football 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople