Marty Schottenheimer
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| Marty Schottenheimer | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 23, 1943 (age 63) |
| Place of birth |  Canonsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Position(s) | Head Coach Linebacker |
| College | Pittsburgh |
| NFL Draft | 1965 / Round 4/ Pick 49 |
| AFL Draft | 1965 / Round 7 |
| Career Highlights | |
| Awards | 2004 AP NFL Coach of Year 2004 Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of Year 2004 Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of Year 1995 UPI NCL COY (AFC) 1986 UPI AFC Coach of the Year |
| Career Record | 200-126-1 (Regular Season) 5-13 (Postseason) 205-139-1 (Overall) |
| Stats | |
| Playing Stats | DatabaseFootball |
| Coaching Stats | Pro Football Reference |
| Coaching Stats | DatabaseFootball |
| Team(s) as a player | |
| 1965-1968 1969 1970 |
Buffalo Bills (AFL) Boston Patriots (AFL) Boston Patriots |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1974 1975-1976 1977 1978-1979 1980-1984 1984-1988 1989-1998 2001 2002-2006 |
Portland Storm (World Football League) (linebackers coach) New York Giants (linebackers coach) New York Giants (defensive coordinator) Detroit Lions (linebackers coach) Cleveland Browns (defensive coordinator) Cleveland Browns (head coach) Kansas City Chiefs (head coach) Washington Redskins (head coach) San Diego Chargers (head coach) |
Martin Edward Schottenheimer (born September 23, 1943 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American football coach. He is currently serving as an NFL analyst on ESPN. Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He holds the distinction of being the NFL coach with the most wins in the Super Bowl era (1966 to present) 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 record.
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[edit] AFL/NFL playing career
After college, 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 three seasons with Buffalo, including the 1965 AFL Championship season. In 1969, he joined the Boston Patriots and spent the next two seasons with the Pats. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1971 but was traded again to the Colts before the beginning of the 1971 season. He retired from football in 1971 and spent the next several years working in the real estate industry. Schottenheimer credits his NFL career as being his inspiration for coaching.
[edit] NFL coaching career
His professional coaching career began in 1974 when he became linebackers coach for the Portland Storm of the World Football League. In 1975 he was hired as a linebackers coach for the New York Giants and in 1977 became defensive coordinator. Schottenheimer spent 1978 and 1979 as the linebackers coach for the Detroit Lions.
[edit] Cleveland Browns
In 1980, he was hired as the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. Schottenheimer became Cleveland's head coach midway through the 1984 season, replacing fired head coach Sam Rutigliano. Schottenheimer would remain with the Browns until 1988, amassing 44-27 (.620) regular-season record and a 2-4 (.333) mark in the playoffs, including four playoff appearances, three AFC Central Division titles, and two trips to the AFC Championship Game.
[edit] Kansas City Chiefs
Schottenheimer spent 10 seasons as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 to 1998 recording an impressive 101-58-1 regular season record (.634) including three division titles, seven playoff appearances, and a trip to the AFC Championship game in 1993, losing to the Buffalo Bills. After a disappointing 7-9 season in 1998, Schotterheimer resigned as Chiefs head coach on January 11, 1999.
[edit] Washington Redskins
After working as a football analyst for ESPN from 1999 to 2000, Schottenheimer was hired as head coach of the Washington Redskins for the 2001 season. In a controversial move, Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Redskins, fired Schottenheimer on January 13, 2002 after just one 8-8 season to make room for former University of Florida head coach Steve Spurrier.
[edit] San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers hired Schottenheimer as their 13th head coach on January 29, 2002. Schottenheimer posted a 47-33 record (.588) with the Chargers. He was named NFL Coach Of The Year for the 2004 NFL season. Schottenheimer led the team to 2 playoff appearances, his 17th and 18th as a head coach. However, both appearances resulted in disappointing losses to the underdog New York Jets in overtime in 2005 and the New England Patriots in 2007, bringing his playoff record to 5-13. Schottenheimer was abruptly fired by San Diego on February 12, 2007. Reasons for his firing include a strained relationship with GM A.J. Smith, which reached a breaking point when 4 assistants (Cam Cameron, Wade Phillips, Rob Chudzinski and Greg Manusky) left for positions with other teams.
Team president Dean Spanos released a statement saying "Our fans deserve to know what changed for me over the last month. When I decided to move ahead with Marty Schottenheimer in mid-January, I did so with the expectation that the core of his fine coaching staff would remain intact. Unfortunately, that did not prove to be the case, and the process of dealing with these coaching changes convinced me that we simply could not move forward with such dysfunction between our head coach and general manager. In short, this entire process over the last month convinced me beyond any doubt that I had to act to change this untenable situation and create an environment where everyone at Charger Park would be pulling in the same direction and working at a championship level. I expect exactly that from our entire Charger organization in 2007."[1]
Schottenheimer is still owed $4 million for the final year of his contract, as the firing was "without cause". [2] Schottenheimer was replaced as San Diego head coach by Norv Turner.
[edit] Television Work
Soon after being replaced as head coach of the San Diego Chargers, he was hired by ESPN to work as an NFL Insider on the station, returning to a role he had served in between his coaching stints with the Washington Redskins and the San Diego Chargers. He's currently been seen on SportsCenter and NFL Live.
[edit] Coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Post Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| CLE | 1984 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 3rd in AFC Central | - | - | - | - |
| CLE | 1985 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 1st in AFC Central | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Miami in Divisional Round. |
| CLE | 1986 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1st in AFC Central | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Denver in AFC Championship. |
| CLE | 1987 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 1st in AFC Central | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Denver in AFC Championship. |
| CLE | 1988 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2nd in AFC Central | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Houston Oilers in Wild Card Round. |
| Cleveland Total | 44 | 27 | 0 | .620 | 2 | 4 | .333 | |||
| KC | 1989 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .533 | 2nd in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| KC | 1990 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2nd in AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Miami Dolphins in Wild Card Round. |
| KC | 1991 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2nd in AFC West | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Buffalo Bills in Divisional Round. |
| KC | 1992 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 2nd in AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to San Diego Chargers in Wild Card Round. |
| KC | 1993 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1st in AFC West | 2 | 1 | .667 | Lost to Buffalo Bills in AFC Championship. |
| KC | 1994 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2nd in AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Miami Dolphins in Wild Card Round. |
| KC | 1995 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st in AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Indianapolis Colts in Divisional Round. |
| KC | 1996 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 2st in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| KC | 1997 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1st in AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to Denver Broncos in Divisional Round. |
| KC | 1998 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 4th in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| Kansas City Total | 101 | 58 | 1 | .635 | 3 | 7 | .300 | |||
| WAS | 2001 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2nd in NFC East | - | - | - | - |
| Washington Total | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | - | - | - | - | ||
| SD | 2002 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 3rd in AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| SD | 2003 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 4thin AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| SD | 2004 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1stin AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to New York Jets in Wild Card Round. |
| SD | 2005 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3rdin AFC West | - | - | - | - |
| SD | 2006 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1stin AFC West | 0 | 1 | .000 | Lost to New England Patriots in Divisional Round. |
| San Diego Total | 47 | 33 | 0 | .588 | 0 | 2 | .000 | |||
| Total | 200 | 126 | 1 | .613 | 5 | 13 | .278 | |||
[edit] Marty Schottenheimer Coaching Tree
Several current NFL Head Coaches trace their lineage back to Marty Schottenheimer on his Coaching tree:
Schottenheimer gave many Head Coaches their first coaching jobs. All of these coaches have coached under Schottenheimer:
- Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Gunther Cunningham, Kansas City Chiefs
- Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts
- Lindy Infante, Green Bay Packers (1988-1991)
- Herman Edwards, Kansas City Chiefs
- Cam Cameron, Miami Dolphins
- Wade Phillips, Dallas Cowboys
His son Brian Schottenheimer is the New York Jets offensive coordinator and his younger brother Kurt Schottenheimer is the secondary coach for the Green Bay Packers
[edit] See also
- Marty Ball, a type of coaching that is criticized for being too conservative.
| Preceded by Mike Riley |
San Diego Chargers Head Coaches 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Norv Turner |
| Preceded by Terry Robiskie |
Washington Redskins Head Coaches 2001 |
Succeeded by Steve Spurrier |
| Preceded by Frank Gansz |
Kansas City Chiefs Head Coaches 1989–1998 |
Succeeded by Gunther Cunningham |
| Preceded by Sam Rutigliano |
Cleveland Browns Head Coaches 1984–1988 |
Succeeded by Bud Carson |
| Preceded by Bill Belichick |
NFL Coach of the Year Award 2004 |
Succeeded by Lovie Smith |
| Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs head coaches |
|---|
| Stram • Wiggin • Bettis • Levy • Mackovic • Gansz • Schottenheimer • Cunningham • Vermeil • Edwards |
| Boston Braves/Washington Redskins Head Coaches |
|---|
| Wray • Dietz • Casey • Flaherty • Bergman • DeGroot • Edwards • Whelchel • Ball • Todd • Lambeau • Kuharich • Nixon • McPeak • Graham • Lombardi • Austin • Allen • Pardee • Gibbs • Petitbon • Turner • Robiskie • Schottenheimer • Spurrier • Gibbs |
| Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers Head Coaches |
|---|
| Gillman • C. Waller • Svare • R. Waller • Prothro • Coryell • Saunders • Henning • Ross • Gilbride • Jones • Riley • Schottenheimer • Turner |
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