Ron Butschle joined the Slippery Rock football staff in the spring of 2025 to serve as running backs coach.
CAREER AT A GLANCE
• Butschle comes to The Rock with more than 30 years of coaching experience at the high school level, where he spent time coaching at both Sto-Rox High School and Seneca Valley High School in western Pennsylvania.
• Butschle won 101 games combined as a high school head coach and led his teams to 10 WPIAL playoff appearances, including three appearances in the WPIAL championship game.
• Throughout his tenure, Butschle coached five different players that would go on to play in the NFL, including Slippery Rock offensive lineman Brandon Fusco, who was the last SRU football player to be drafted.
COACHING TIMELINE
• 2025-Present: Slippery Rock (running backs)
• 2017-24: Seneca Valley High School (head coach)
• 2015-16: Seneca Valley High School (offensive coordinator)
• 2010-11: Sto-Rox (head coach)
• 2004-08: Seneca Valley High School (head coach)
• 2000-03: Sto-Rox (head coach)
• 1997-00: Sto-Rox (assistant coach)
• 1995-97: Canon-McMillan (assistant coach)
• 1989-94: Sto-Rox (assistant coach)
ATHLETIC CAREER
• Butschle lettered twice in baseball at Duquesne University.
PERSONAL
• A 1987 graduate of Duquesne University.
• Added a master's equivalency Pennsylvania teacher certification from Duquesne in 1988 and earned principal certification from Indiana University (Pa.) in 2010.
• Married to Trisha Butschle.
• Children Ryan 37, Jenn 33, Mathilda 23, Gabriella 18, Nate 18.
