marty schottenheimer
NEW YORK (Jan. 8, 2005) — Marty Schottenheimer’s guidance of one of the great turnarounds in NFL history won him The Associated Press 2004 NFL Coach of the Year award. [1]
Abstract: Marty Schottenheimer, born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1943 and spending his high school years in the state of Pennsylvania, had a short stint as an NFL player, but is mostly known in the league for the work he did as a head coach. [2]
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. [3]
And one reason the front office might stick with him in ‘09 is that Turner was the guy picked to replace Marty Schottenheimer, who was canned after winning 14 games in 2006. [4]
Schottenheimer took the San Diego Chargers from tailender to division champion, from a 4-12 embarrassment to a 12-4 power that was to host the New York Jets in a playoff game. [1]
Two weeks ago, when the Chargers were 4-6, team owner Dean Spanos told the San Diego Union-Tribune that Norv Turner would be back next season. [4]
He began coaching in the NFL in 1975 and became a head coach in 1989 for the Chiefs, remaining a head coach in the league on and off until 2007. [...] After Schottenheimer’s short lived NFL career he dabbled in the real estate industry, but missed the game he had played for so long and in 1975 joined the New York Giants as a linebackers coach after holding that position for the Portland Storm for the World Football League the year before. [2]
The Union-Tribune’s Tim Sullivan writes that Spanos and Smith owe Norv for his run to the AFC Championship game last season. [4]
San Diego won nine of its last 10 games — the loss was in overtime at AFC South champion Indianapolis — to run away with the AFC West. [1]
Sure, the Joe Gibbs second stint as head coach didn’t bring in the Super Bowls like the first one did, but this is a team that is coming off a playoff appearance in two of the last three seasons. [4]
It should be noted that these coaches left to pursue higher level opportunities with other teams, instead of merely making a lateral move to another team in which they would be doing the very same thing they were doing at San Diego. [...] 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. [...] Over his career, he has served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. [3]
In 2004, Gibbs took over the Redskins again and led the team to an uneventful 6-10 season. [4]
Sources:
[1] schottenheimer marty (www.chargers-stats.com/coaches/
[2] Marty Schottenheimer (www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/
[3] Marty Schottenheimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[4] Posts tagged MartySchottenheimer at FanHouse (www.fanhouse.com/tag/