D. W. Rutledge is a former high school football

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 coach and current executive director of the Texas High School Coaches Association. Rutledge is one of the most successful coaches in Texas high school football history, winning four state championships in the state's highest classification.

A native of Houston, Texas

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, Rutledge attended Sam Houston High School and later the Texas Lutheran University

Texas Lutheran University

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, where he captained the school's 1974 NAIA

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 Division II National Championship team and was a Kodak All-American linebacker for head coach Jim Wacker

Jim Wacker

Jim Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University , North Dakota State University , Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University–San Marcos, , Texas Christian University ,...

. Upon his graduation, he became an assistant at Judson High School

Judson High School

Judson High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Converse, Texas. It was established in 1959 and is part of the Judson Independent School District. The school was named after Moses Judson, who served on the Bexar County School Board from 1918 to 1939...

 in Converse, Texas

Converse, Texas

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, serving as defensive coordinator

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 for the 1983 5A state championship squad. Rutledge was named head coach in 1984, guiding Converse Judson to a 197-32-5 record in 17 seasons.

Rutledge co-authored a book titled Coaching To Change Lives with Dennis Parker

Dennis Parker

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, former offensive coordinator

Offensive coordinator

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at Converse Judson. The Judson football stadium in Converse was renamed in his honor.