Craig Rutter
Asst. AD for Student-Athlete Engagement
Women's Golf Coach
Office Phone:
419-783-2374
Email: crutter@defiance.edu
Craig Rutter will take over as the head coach for women's golf heading into the 2007-2008 campaign. Rutter is also the Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Engagement and continues as an Associate Professor of Sport Science at DC where he has been employed for 24 years.

For the past five years, as Director of Community and International Service, he provided opportunities for students, faculty, staff, alums, and community partners to participate in service experiences locally, nationally, and internationally. He has led 16 trips to Jamaica serving the people of that country through the building of homes, teaching in the schools, and witnessing to the children in three orphanages.

Prior to his role in service engagement, Rutter was the head baseball coach for the Yellow Jackets, where he piled up a Defiance College record of 285 wins in 19 seasons.

Craig and his wife, Gayle, have three daughters, Heidi, Holli, and Brooke and five granddaughters.