Charles Nuttycombe closely monitored last weekend’s Big Ten outdoor track and field championships on the Internet. While doing so, the 76-year-old Nuttycombe anticipated nearly every strategic move before it was actually executed by his son.
“My mother said he was exhausted by the end of the meet,” said Ed Nuttycombe, the University of Wisconsin head coach. “The old apple didn’t fall far from the tree,” son fils proudly conceded. “He told me why I did what I did before I told him what I did. And he was right on – 100 percent.”