Marty Schottenheimer
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Position (s): Linebacker |
Jersey numbers: 56, 57, 54 |
| born on September 23, 1943 in McDonald , Pennsylvania | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1965 - 1970 | |
| NFL Draft : 1965 / Round: 4 / Pick: 49 | |
| AFL Draft : 1965 / Round: 7 / Pick: 56 | |
| College : Pittsburgh | |
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as a trainer
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 327 |
| Regular season | 200: 126: 1 (61.3%) |
| Play-offs | 5:13 (27.8%) |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Martin Edward "Marty" Schottenheimer (born September 23, 1943 in McDonald , Pennsylvania ) is a former American football player and coach . In 1999 and 2000 he was an American football specialist at ESPN .
Player career
In the 1965 NFL Draft , Schottenheimer was drafted in the fourth round by the Indianapolis Colts (then Baltimore Colts). Since the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL) had not yet merged, they also held separate drafts. At the AFL Draft in the same year, Schottenheimer was selected in the seventh round by the Buffalo Bills , for which he then also decided. Schottenheimer worked as a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots (then Boston Patriots) from 1965 to 1970 . In retrospect, he only referred to his playing career as an inspiration for his far more important coaching career.
Coaching career
Stations as a professional trainer
- 1974: Linebacker coach for the Portland Storm in the World Football League (WFL)
- 1975-1976: Linebacker coach with the New York Giants (NFL)
- 1977: Defensive Coordinator with the New York Giants
- 1978–1979: Linebacker coach with the Detroit Lions (NFL)
- 1980–1984: Defensive Coordinator with the Cleveland Browns
- 1984–1988: Head Coach at the Cleveland Browns (took the job in the middle of the 1984 season )
- 1989–1998: Head Coach with the Kansas City Chiefs
- 2001: Head Coach at the Washington Redskins
- 2002–2006: Head Coach with the San Diego Chargers
- 2011: Head Coach for the Virginia Destroyers in the United Football League (UFL)
successes
Schottenheimer is the coach who has won the most games in the history of the NFL since 1966 without ever taking part in the Super Bowl with a team . He won exactly 200 of his 327 games as a coach, but only five of 18 playoff games. He won the NFL Coach of the Year award several times .
Web links
- http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000120665/article/the-marty-schottenheimer-effect
- http://espn.go.com/united-football-league/story/_/id/7133522/virginia-destroyers-ufl-give-marty-schottenheimer-first-pro-title
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| SURNAME | Schottenheimer, Marty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schottenheimer, Martin Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | McDonald , Pennsylvania |