Roland Ortmayer

Roland Ortmayer
Biographical details
Born	August 22, 1917; College Park, Maryland
Died	October 8, 2008 (aged 91)
Playing career
Football
1937	Northwestern
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1940	Highland Park HS (IL)
1941	Dobyns-Bennett HS (TN) (assistant)
1946–1947	William Penn
1948–1990	La Verne
Basketball
1946–1948	William Penn
Baseball
1946–1948	William Penn
Head coaching record
Overall	183–209–8 (college football); 7–31 (college basketball); 5–20 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 SCIAC (1975, 1982)

Roland J. Ortmayer (August 22, 1917 – October 8, 2008) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa from 1946 to 1947 and the University of La Verne in La Verne, California from 1948 to 1990.^[1] Ortmayer was noted for his unorthodox approach to the sport of football. He held non-mandatory practices and did not require offseason weight training for his players.^[2] His career record of 183–209–8 made him the losingest college football coach of all-time when he retired. His record for career losses was eventually surpassed by Watson Brown, who retired with 211 career losses in 2015.^[3]

Ortmayer taught and coached at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois before he was hired, in 1941, as an assistant coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tennessee.^[4]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Standing
William Penn (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	William Penn	0–8
1947	William Penn	0–8
William Penn:		0–16
La Verne Leopards (NCAA College Division independent) (1948–1970)
1948	La Verne	3–5
1949	La Verne	5–3–2
1950	La Verne	3–5
1951	La Verne	5–3
1952	La Verne	5–3–1
1953	La Verne	3–7
1954	La Verne	2–6
1955	La Verne	5–4
1956	La Verne	6–4
1957	La Verne	3–7–1
1958	La Verne	5–3–1
1959	La Verne	3–6
1960	La Verne	4–5
1961	La Verne	7–2
1962	La Verne	6–2
1963	La Verne	3–5
1964	La Verne	5–4
1965	La Verne	5–3
1966	La Verne	3–6
1967	La Verne	6–3
1968	La Verne	7–2
1969	La Verne	5–4
1970	La Verne	5–4
La Verne Leopards (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1971–1990)
1971	La Verne	1–6–1
1972	La Verne	6–3
1973	La Verne	4–5
1974	La Verne	5–5
1975	La Verne	6–3–1	T–1st
1976	La Verne	5–4
1977	La Verne	4–5
1978	La Verne	1–7
1979	La Verne	4–5
1980	La Verne	2–8
1981	La Verne	2–7
1982	La Verne	6–1	1st
1983	La Verne	3–5
1984	La Verne	6–3
1985	La Verne	4–5
1986	La Verne	6–3
1987	La Verne	3–6
1988	La Verne	3–6
1989	La Verne	4–5
1990	La Verne	4–5
La Verne:		183–193–8
Total:		183–209–8
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ "Roland Ortmayer". La Verne Leopards. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "A Most Usual Man—Roland Ortmayer Has Been Touching Players' Live At Division III La Verne For Four Decades". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Losing, his way". ESPN. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Northwestern Graduate Named To Succeed Horvath". Kingsport Times. Kingsport, Tennessee. August 22, 1941. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

[1] "Roland Ortmayer". La Verne Leopards. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[2] "A Most Usual Man—Roland Ortmayer Has Been Touching Players' Live At Division III La Verne For Four Decades". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[3] "Losing, his way". ESPN. Retrieved December 6, 2018.

[4] "Northwestern Graduate Named To Succeed Horvath". Kingsport Times. Kingsport, Tennessee. August 22, 1941. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

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Head coaching record

College football

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