Hall of Fame
A three-year letterman in football, Rush played one year for Woody Hayes on Miami's MAC and Salad Bowl championship team in 1950 and two years for Ara Parseghian. He still ranks among Miami's all-time pass receiving leaders with career totals of 68 receptions for 1,036 yards and 14 touchdowns. In 1951, he was selected first-team all-MAC and all-Ohio.
Prior to taking his first head football coaching job at Toledo in 1959, Rush served as an assistant coach to Hugh Devore at Dayton, Hayes at Ohio State and Bud Wilkinson at Oklahoma. From 1963-69, he was an assistant to Weeb Ewbank and was given credit for helping the New York Jets defeat the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. He became head coach of the Boston Patriots in 1969 and served for a year and a half.
His last coaching assignment was with the Merchant Marine Academy prior to his death in 1980.
