Litz Rusness
American football coach (1891–1967)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1891-06-14)June 14, 1891 Minnesota |
Died | October 14, 1967(1967-10-14) (aged 76) |
Alma mater | Moorhead Normal |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1920–1921 | Moorhead Normal |
1926–1943 | Northwestern (scout) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–5 |
Lawrence Wallace "Litz" Rusness (June 14, 1891 – October 14, 1967) was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Minnesota State University Moorhead in Moorhead, Minnesota, serving for two seasons, from 1920 until 1921, and compiling a record of 6–5.[1]
Rusness was later a freshman coach and scout at Northwestern University where he was in instrumental part of the staff of head coach Pappy Waldorf.[2]
References
- ^ "MSU-Moorhead Football History" (PDF). Minnesota State University Moorhead. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "Passing Pappy". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
External links
- Litz Rusness at Find a Grave
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Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons head football coaches
- Harold M. Stanford (1900–1901)
- Ap Robert (1902–1903)
- No team (1904–1918)
- Sliv Nemzek (1919)
- Litz Rusness (1920–1921)
- Frederick R. Prusha (1922)
- Sliv Nemzek (1923–1940)
- Edwin Hammer (1941)
- Roy Domek (1942)
- Neil Wohlwend (1946–1948)
- Fritz Bierhaus (1949–1954)
- Richard Jenson (1955)
- Loel D. Frederickson (1956–1959)
- Dwaine Hoberg (1960–1969)
- Ross Fortier (1970–1992)
- Ralph Micheli (1993–2004)
- Chad Eisele (2005)
- Damon Tomeo (2006–2009)
- Joel Beard (2009–2010)
- Steve Laqua (2011–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Steve Laqua (2021– )