It wasn’t an easy decision when D.W. Rutledge opted to walk away from coaching in 2000. But ultimately, he decided he could parlay his experience helpings kids at one high school into helping kids and coaches statewide.
Rutledge left Converse Judson to work for the Texas High School Coaches Association, where he serves as executive director. In that job, he has been involved in serious discussions about issues such as steroid testing, illegal recruiting and avoiding heat death. In 2005, he helped stop a movement in the legislature that might have abolished the UIL.
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