Dave Grube is a retired college basketball coach whose career included head coaching positions at Heidelberg from 1972-76, Capital from 1978-86, and Kent State from 92-96. Coach Grube was an assistant coach at Kent State from 1986-1992 including Mike’s entire four year career under Head Coach Jim McDonald. He also worked as an assistant at Central Michigan from 1998-2005.

The owner of a 216-193 career record as a head coach, Grube won two Ohio Athletic Conference titles and made three straight Div. III NCAA appearances at Capital.

A basketball and track athlete at Northwestern High School in Ohio before graduating in 1962, Grube went on to play basketball for Kent State’s freshman team.

He turned his attention to coaching soon after graduating from Kent and landed his first college job as a graduate assistant for Coach Al Van Wie at Wooster from 1970-72.

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