Litz Rusness

Lawrence Wallace "Litz" Rusness (June 14, 1891 – October 11, 1967) was an American football and baseball coach, athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Moorhead Normal School—now known as Minnesota State University Moorhead—in Moorhead, Minnesota for two seasons, from 1920 to 1921, compiling a record of 6–5.

Rusness was born on June 14, 1891, in Moorhead, where he graduated from high school. He played football at Fargo College and Moorhead Normal. Rusness served in France as a artillery lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I.

In 1922, Rusness was hired as the football coach at Fargo High School—later known as Central High School—in Fargo, North Dakota. After leading Fargo High School to championships in 1922 and 1923, he became an assistant coach at the University of North Dakota in 1924. Russness also studied law at North Dakota before transferring to Northwestern University School of Law—now known as Pritzker School of Law—from which he earned a law degree in 1928.