Rod Rust, the coach who tutored “Mean” Joe Greene and several other legendary players in North Texas football history before going on to a long career in the NFL, died Tuesday morning. Rust was 90.

• On Tuesday, Oct. 23, Rod Rust died. He was 90. And even though he might be unfamiliar to many Steelers fans, understandable because the time he spent with the Steelers was very brief, he certainly ...

Near the end of December 1990, the New England Patriots hadn’t won a game for 100 days. “It’s been a long, hard year for everyone involved,” head coach Rod Rust told the Globe just before the final ...

Rust ran the 1985 defense that made the Super Bowl, and in 1990 was at the helm of the 1-15 Patriots. FOXBORO, MA — Former Patriots coach Rod Rust, remembered somewhat affectionately for being at the ...