It’s well-known that during most of his career as Linfield’s football coach, Ad Rutschman, coached from the pressbox rather than from the sidelines. The first game in which he coached from the “box” was Saturday, Sept. 27, 1969, at Lewis and Clark. Linfield won the game, 14-0.
Article below mentions Rutch being bed-ridden with the flu. Rather than staying home and listening to the game on the radio, he traveled to the game and coached from the pressbox at L&C's Griswold Stadium.
McMinnville News-Register
Sept 27, 1969
Rutschman Likely To Miss
Linfield - L-C Game
By CHUCK HUMBLE
Linfield Sports information
"Head coach Ad Rutschman may be Linfield's only serious causality for
Saturday's Northwest Conference opening tilt with Lewis and Clark.
Rutschman has been bed-ridden all week with a case of the flu which
has made him a very doubtful starter.
"While Rutschman still continues to organize practices from his bed,
assistant coaches Ted Henry and John Knight have spearheaded
on-the-field workouts..."
Article below mentions Rutch being bed-ridden with the flu. Rather than staying home and listening to the game on the radio, he traveled to the game and coached from the pressbox at L&C's Griswold Stadium.
McMinnville News-Register
Sept 27, 1969
Rutschman Likely To Miss
Linfield - L-C Game
By CHUCK HUMBLE
Linfield Sports information
"Head coach Ad Rutschman may be Linfield's only serious causality for
Saturday's Northwest Conference opening tilt with Lewis and Clark.
Rutschman has been bed-ridden all week with a case of the flu which
has made him a very doubtful starter.
"While Rutschman still continues to organize practices from his bed,
assistant coaches Ted Henry and John Knight have spearheaded
on-the-field workouts..."
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Oregonian sports "Pasero says" column, by George Pasero, about Linfield's Dec. 11, 1982, national football championship win includes text about Rutshman coaching from the pressbox. The text includes:
Ad typically downplays his role as the all-seeing eye above the arena.
“Aw, I’m just getting too old to jump around on the sidelines,” he laughs.
No one believes him for a minute. He’s been “upstairs about 12 years now,” he says.
