Steve Strome is the former head men’s tennis

Tennis

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 coach at Miami University

Miami University

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, Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

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, Duke

Duke University

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 and Army

United States Military Academy

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. Strome also served as the assistant men's basketball

Basketball

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 coach at Miami University

Miami University

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 from 1966-69. 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 Miami University

Miami University

Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...

 men's tennis team from 1969-79. 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 Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference

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 championships in the following years. 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 1966-69.

In 1979 Strome announced that he would be leaving Miami University, and would take over as the head tennis coach at LSU

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

. In 1980 Strome was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame. After coaching at LSU until 1982, Strome took another job at Duke

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 where he served until 1990. Since then Strome has served as head coach of the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...

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