Ad Rutschman
| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Kick return coach |
| Team | Linfield |
| Conference | NWC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 30, 1931 Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| ?–1967 | Hillsboro HS (OR) |
| 1968–1991 | Linfield |
| 2001–present | Linfield (KR) |
| Baseball | |
| 1955–1968 | Hillsboro HS (OR) |
| 1971–1983 | Linfield |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 183–48–3 (college football) |
| Bowls | 1–1 |
| Tournaments | 11–6 (NAIA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 NAIA D-II National (1982, 1984, 1986) 12 NWC (1969–1972, 1974–1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) Baseball 1 NAIA World Series (1971) |
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| Awards | |
| 3x NAIA Division II football coach of the year 2x Kodak District 8 football coach of the Year 5x Oregon's Slats Gill man of the year Linfield Alumnus of the Year Member of Linfield's Hall of Fame Member of Oregon Sports Hall of Fame |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1998 (profile) |
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Adolph "Ad" Rutschman (born October 30, 1931) is an American football 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 Linfield College. 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.
Rutschman was an athlete at Hillsboro High School (Hilhi Spartans) in his hometown of Hillsboro, Oregon. 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 Detroit Lions 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 OSAA). The 1966 team featured future Major League player Bob Beall, and the 1968 team Bob’s brothers Jim and Gene. Rutschman also coached the first event, a baseball game, at Hillsboro’s Hare Field in 1965. Hillsboro had four Little League teams when Rutschman began coaching at Hillsboro, but by the time he left, there were 41 teams.
After 13 years at Hillsboro High school, Rutschman was approached about taking over the head football coach position at Linfield College.
Rutschman was hired as the head football coach at Linfield College in 1968. His football teams won three NAIA Division II national championships, reached the postseason playoffs 13 times and won 15 conference titles. He led the team to a winning season in all 24 seasons as coach, part of Linfield's current all-divisions national record streak of 57 consecutive winning seasons. In 1991, Rutschman retired from coaching with a career record of 183-48-3 (.788).
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