Litz Rusness | |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1891 |
Birth Place: | Minnesota |
Alma Mater: | Moorhead Normal |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team2: | Moorhead Normal |
Coach Years3: | 1926–1943 |
Coach Team3: | Northwestern (scout) |
Overall Record: | 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]