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Sep 23, 1943 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States 80 years old
American football player and coach
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About Marty Schottenheimer
- Martin Edward Schottenheimer (; born September 23, 1943) is a former professional American football player and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons.
- He was the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs for 10 seasons, the Cleveland Browns for five seasons, the San Diego Chargers for five seasons, and the Washington Redskins for one season.
- Eighth in all-time wins at 205 and fifth in regular season wins at 200, Schottenheimer has the most wins of a head coach to not reach an NFL championship.
- After coaching in the NFL, he won a 2011 championship in his one season with the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League (UFL).
- He was inducted to the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2010. Schottenheimer's tenure as an NFL head coach was marked by consistent regular season success and postseason struggles.
- During the course of over two decades, he went 14 seasons before posting a losing record and had only two seasons with more losses than wins.
- However, Schottenheimer won only five of 18 postseason games he appeared in and never advanced beyond the conference championship round of the playoffs.
- Schottenheimer's Browns were twice denied a Super Bowl berth by the Denver Broncos through game events that later became famous in NFL Lore: John Elway leading the Broncos on a 98-yard, game-tying drive in the 1986 AFC Championship and Earnest Byner fumbling the ball on the Broncos' goal line with a minute remaining in the 1987 AFC Championship.
- Both events are now cited as part of the Cleveland sports curse.
- At the conclusion of his NFL career, Schottenheimer held a playoff winning percentage of .278, a stark contrast to his .613 regular season winning percentage.
- He is the only eligible NFL coach with at least 200 regular season wins who has not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
