Adolf "Ad" Rutschman (born October 30, 1931) is an

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coach, former baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He was a head football coach for 24 seasons, head baseball coach for 13 seasons, and served as athletic director for 25 years at

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. He is the first athletic director emeritus in the history of the college. He also served as head coach of football and baseball at his alma mater, Hillsboro High School.

Early years

Rutschman was an athlete at Hillsboro High School (Hilhi Spartans) in his hometown of

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. There he starred as a running back in the late 1940s, scoring 20 career touchdowns. After high school, he turned down a professional contract with the NFL's

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and made up his mind to teach and coach sports. He received his degree in physical education and began teaching at Hilhi in 1954. He was an assistant baseball coach in 1955 before becoming the head baseball coach in 1956. He became the head football coach three years after that, winning a state championship in 1966. As baseball coach of the Spartans he led the school to a co-state championship in 1962, with the title game rained out. He also led the team to both the 1966 and 1968 AAA state titles (the top division at that time in the

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). The 1966 team featured future Major League player

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, and the 1968 team Bob's brothers Jim and Gene. Rutschman also coached the first event, a baseball game, at Hillsboro's

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in 1965. Hillsboro had four

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Legacy

Rutschman's grandson,

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, was a

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for the

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team. Adley was the

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on Oregon State's

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championship team and was selected by the

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with the first overall pick in the

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Head coaching record

College football

References

External links

Linfield profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rutschman, Ad 1931 births Living people Linfield Wildcats athletic directors Linfield Wildcats baseball coaches Linfield Wildcats football coaches High school baseball coaches in the United States High school football coaches in Oregon College Football Hall of Fame inductees Hillsboro High School (Oregon) alumni Linfield University alumni Sportspeople from Hillsboro, Oregon Coaches of American football from Oregon Baseball coaches from Oregon