Lindsay Strothers
Lindsay began his mentoring career as an athletic trainer at Aloha H.S. in Aloha, OR while majoring in Phys Ed & Health at Pacific University. While at Pacific, Lindsay participated in basketball, football, track, choir, chamber singers, and orchestra. He also served concurrently as an S.A.Q. instructor for the Metro Speed Camp directed by the legendary strength coach Jim Radcliffe (Head Strength Coach-University of Oregon). After graduation from Pacific, Coach Strothers teamed up with Coach Michael Abraham at St. Mary’s Academy as his associate head coach. During their 4 seasons together, the Blues played in two state title games (1980 and 1984), winning the 1984 State title. Their overall record over those 4 seasons was 82-8, including a 51-1 record in league play and 4 Metro league titles.
Coach Lindsay inherited the SMA program upon Coach Michael’s departure for the college coaching ranks, and subsequently won two more state titles in 1985 and 1986, leading the team to 44-2 record during those two seasons. Coach Lindsay was also heavily involved in the SMA community and coached track for 4 of his 6 years as a Blues coach.
Coach Lindsay then accepted an assistant’s position at the University of Southern California (USC). His primary responsibility was as the recruiting coordinator and floor coach. He coached 2 time Oregon Player of the Year Karon Howell while at USC, among many others and worked with Cheryl Miller, who was a GA on the coaching staff.
Coach Lindsay left U.S.C., applied his skills to personal training in the Southern California area and then signed on as assistant men’s and women’s coach at Chapman University in Orange, CA. After a year with both programs, he took over the women’s program as head coach in 1988 where he remained as head coach for 4 seasons.
Coach Lindsay returned to Oregon in March 1993 to help with boys and girls of Triple Threat Basketball Academy. He spent two and a half years immersed in the Triple Threat program, helping them garner various State and National honors.
Lindsay was once again united with Coach Abraham at Cal State University Northridge as his top assistant in 1989. He stayed at CSUN for two years helping Coach Michael establish a winning program. Coach Lindsay then delved into his other passion and became a licensed massage therapist in the Southern California area.
Once again feeling the urge to work with a team, Lindsay signed on as coach at Oak Park high school in the west suburbs of Los Angeles. The Oak Park Eagles won the Southern Section Division Championship with Coach Lindsay in only his second year at the helm. Under coach Lindsay’s direction, Oak Park was undefeated in League for four straight years. Coach Lindsay was voted Coach of the Year in 2001 by the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News, the Ventura Star, the California Interscholastic Federation, and the Tri-Valley League Coaches Association.
In 2002, during his tenure at Oak Park, Coach Lindsay opened The Basketball Institute where he was able to combine his superior individual training skills with his love of the team game.