Ken Strube, 1971

Ken is a 1975 graduate of Ithaca College.  He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Colonie under HOF JV Basketball Coach, Jim Sheehan, and his HOF high school Varsity Basketball Coach, Harold “Pep” Sand.  He holds the record for most career wins in Section 2 history (boys or girls basketball) with 588.  His Shenendehowa teams won 23 Suburban Council Championships, 10 Section 2 Championships, 9 State Regional Championships, and 4 NYSPHSAA State Championships.Ken served as Suburban Council Chairman and member of Section 2’s Girls Basketball Committee for 17 years.  He was named “Coach of the Year” by the Suburban Council, Section 2, New York State Sportswriters Association, Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY), Times Union, Saratogian, Daily Gazette, and Troy Record multiple times.  Coach Strube was honored as the 2008 District 2-Northeast Region “National Coach of the Year” by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and was selected as a coach for the WBCA’s NIKE High School All-American Game in Tampa, Florida.Ken is an inductee of the Shenendehowa Athletic Hall of Fame, Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame, BCANY Hall of Fame, NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame, and the Colonie Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 1971 Boys Basketball Team (Co-Captain).