Roland Ortmayer

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]

Roland Ortmayer
Biographical details
Born(1917-08-22)August 22, 1917
College Park, Maryland
DiedOctober 8, 2008(2008-10-08) (aged 91)
Playing career
Football
1937Northwestern
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1940Highland Park HS (IL)
1941Dobyns-Bennett HS (TN) (assistant)
1946–1947William Penn
1948–1990La Verne
Basketball
1946–1948William Penn
Baseball
1946–1948William Penn
Head coaching record
Overall185–209–8 (college football)
7–31 (college basketball)
5–20 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 SCIAC (1975, 1982)

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 ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
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 1–6–11–35th
1972 La Verne 6–33–23rd
1973 La Verne 4–53–2T–2nd
1974 La Verne 5–53–23rd
1975 La Verne 6–3–14–0–1T–1st
1976 La Verne 5–43–2T–2nd
1977 La Verne 4–52–34th
1978 La Verne 1–71–45th
1979 La Verne 4–52–3T–4th
1980 La Verne 2–81–45th
1981 La Verne 2–71–4T–4th
1982 La Verne 8–14–11st
1983 La Verne 3–52–3T–3rd
1984 La Verne 6–32–1–2[n 1]3rd
1985 La Verne 4–52–3[n 1]4th
1986 La Verne 6–33–1–1[n 1]T–2nd
1987 La Verne 3–62–2–1[n 1]3rd
1988 La Verne 3–62–3[n 1]4th
1989 La Verne 4–53–1–1[n 1]T–2nd
1990 La Verne 4–52–2–1[n 1]3rd
La Verne: 185–193–846–46–7
Total:185–209–8
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

Notes
  1. From 1984 to 1990, the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) football schedule included multiple head-to-head meetings each season. In 1984 and 1985, each conference member played two other conference members twice. From 1986 to 1990, each conference member played one other conference member twice. A head-to-head sweep of the two games in one season counted as one win for the winner and one loss for the loser in the conference standings. A split of the two games counted as a tie for each team.

References
  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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