Rushford-Peterson football coach Strand carrying on a family tradition

Rushford-Peterson football coach Strand carrying on a family tradition

RUSHFORD — The odds that Robbie Strand wouldn’t end up a teacher and a football coach seemed infinitesimal. His father, Bryan Strand, had a feel for this when Robbie was about 6. And Bryan’s father, Dick Strand, the former Southland teacher and Hall of Fame football coach, could smell it from Bryan when he was going through his formative years. Placing their respective sons in front of them as often as they did as they went about their teaching …