Bio

As a four-year basketball player at UW-Oshkosh, Dale Race was an integral part of two conference championship and two NAIA National Tournament teams. As an assistant men's basketball coach at Milton College and UW-Eau Claire for nine years he was a part of three conference championship and three NAIA National Tournament Teams.

As head men's basketball coach at Milton College and the University of Minnesota Duluth for 18 years, Race guided teams to eight NAIA National Tournaments, one NCAA Division II Tournament and eight conference championships.

Following an outstanding high school athletic career in Marinette, Race attended UW-Oshkosh to play basketball for the Titans. After averaging 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per game as a freshman in 1966, Race became the first player off the bench the next two seasons on teams that have been regarded as two of the finest in UW-Oshkosh history.

As the tallest guard in the conference, maybe even the country, Race helped the Titans to a 17-6 record and a WSUC championship in 1967 and another league crown in 1968. Both the 1967 and 1968 teams advanced to the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., with the latter squad finishing third in the country after upsetting No. 1-seed Guilford College (N.C.) and the NBA Seattle Supersonics' 1968 first-round draft pick Bob Kauffman in the opening round. Race closed his career with the Titans in 1969.

After coaching stints at Milton College and UW-Eau Claire, Race found his home at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1984. There he guided the Bulldogs to a 293-120 record, including nine 20-plus win seasons.

Race, who was an assistant men's basketball coach on gold medal-winning North Team at the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival, retired from coaching in 1998 after compiling a career 363-177 record and a .672 winning percentage, the 37th-highest mark in the history of NCAA Division II men's basketball. Race remains a resident of Duluth and is still active with the University of Minnesota Duluth's athletic department.

Race was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008.