Marty Schottenheimer

Marty Schottenheimer

Schottenheimer during 2013 preseason
No. 56, 57, 54
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1943-09-23) September 23, 1943 (age 73)
Place of birth:	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school:	McDonald (PA) Fort Cherry
College:	Pittsburgh
NFL Draft:	1965 / Round: 4 / Pick: 49
AFL draft:	1969 / Round: 7 / Pick: 56
Career history
As player:
Buffalo Bills (1965–1968) Boston Patriots (1969–1970)
As coach:
Portland Storm (1974) Linebackers coach New York Giants (1975–1976) Linebackers coach New York Giants (1977) Defensive coordinator Detroit Lions (1978–1979) Linebackers coach Cleveland Browns (1980–1984) Defensive coordinator Cleveland Browns (1984–1988) Head coach Kansas City Chiefs (1989–1998) Head coach Washington Redskins (2001) Head coach San Diego Chargers (2002–2006) Head coach Virginia Destroyers (2011) Head coach & general manager
Career highlights and awards
UFL Championship (2011) UFL Coach of the Year (2011) AP NFL Coach of Year (2004) PFW NFL Coach of Year (2004) Maxwell Club NFL Coach of Year (2004) UPI NFL Coach of the Year (AFC) (2004) UPI AFC Coach of the Year (1986) AFL All-Star (1965)
Head coaching record
Regular season:	200–126–1 (.613)
Postseason:	6–13 (.316)
Career:	206–139–1 (.597)
Player stats at PFR
Coaching stats at PFR

Martin Edward Schottenheimer (/ˈʃɒtənhaɪmər/; born September 23, 1943) is a former professional American football player and coach. Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He has the most wins of any NFL coach to never coach a team in a Super Bowl. He was fired from his head coaching position with the San Diego Chargers in 2007, after leading the Chargers to a 14–2 regular season record but a disappointing second round playoff loss. He later emerged as the head coach of the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League, where he would win his only championship as a coach in his lone season there.

In 21 years as an NFL head coach, Schottenheimer won 200 regular season games and 5 out of 18 games in the postseason. He had only two seasons with more losses than wins in his entire career, and none until his 15th season; the Browns finished with a losing record in his first season, but with Schottenheimer as their coach, they were 4–4. He is the only coach in NFL history with at least 200 wins that has a losing playoff record.

Schottenheimer was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He attended high school at Fort Cherry High School in McDonald, Pennsylvania. After attending the University of Pittsburgh, Schottenheimer, a linebacker, was selected in the fourth round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts and in the seventh round of the 1965 American Football League draft by the Buffalo Bills. He signed with the Bills and spent the next four (1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968) seasons with Buffalo, including the Bills' 1965 AFL Championship season, when he was selected to the AFL All-Star Team. Schottenheimer was still with the team during the 1969 preseason and intercepted two passes in a game against the Houston Oilers.