Martin Edward Schottenheimer was an American football linebacker and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League for 21 seasons. He retired from football in 1971 and spent the next several years working in the real estate industry. He came out of retirement in 1974 to sign with the Portland Storm of the World Football League as a player-coach. In 1980, he was hired as the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. In 1994, he took over as the head coach of the San Diego Chargers for five seasons, and the Washington Redskins for one season. He died of a heart attack in 2011 at the age of 67.
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Martin Edward Schottenheimer was an American football linebacker and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League for 21 seasons. He was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2010. After coaching in the NFL, he won a 2011 championship in his one season with the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He is eighth in all-time wins at 205 and seventh in regular season wins at 200. He won only five of the 18 postseason games he appeared in and never advanced beyond the conference championship round of the playoffs. He retired from football in 1971 and spent the next several years working in the real estate industry. He came out of retirement in 1974 to sign with the Portland Storm of the World Football League as a player-coach. In 1980, he was hired as the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. He replaced Sam Rutigliano as Browns head coach, after an October 7 game against the New England Patriots that bore an eerie resemblance to Cleveland’s 1980 playoff loss to the Raiders, known as Red Right 88. In 1985, the Browns won first place in a weak AFC Central division and looked poised to shock the Miami Dolphins in a playoff game on January 4, 1986. Despite the tumultuous season, many people expected the Browns to be back the following year. Despite a tumultuous year, Pete Franklin said on radio that the Browns’ days are good and that the good days are ahead of us.
The Browns won the Super Bowl three times in the 1980s, but did not fall short of the one win late in the game. The team reached greater heights than former quarterback and former quarterback Brian Sipe ever did in the late 1980s. In 1986, the team won a 24-21 comeback by Dan Marino and the Dolphins to win it 24–21 and end the second-half of the season. In 1987, the Dolphins beat the Browns 24-16 in a divisional playoff game to win the AFC Central title. In 1988, the Cleveland team won the AFC Championship game 24-17. In 1989, the NFL’s New York Giants hired Schottenheimer to be their linebackers coach. In 1991, he became the linebackers coach for the NFL’s Detroit Lions. In 1994, he took over as the head coach of the San Diego Chargers for five seasons, and the Washington Redskins for one season. He spent 14 seasons before posting a losing record and had only two seasons with more losses than wins. At the conclusion of his NFL career, he held a playoff winning percentage of. 278, a stark contrast to his. 613 regular season winning percentage. He was the only eligible NFL coach with at least 200 regular-season wins who has not been inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Hall of Famer. He died of a heart attack in 2011 at the age of 67. He had a son, Mark, who was a high school football coach in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He played for the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Colts in the 1960s.
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