Roland Ortmayer information

Roland Ortmayer
Biographical details
Born	August 22, 1917; College Park, Maryland, U.S.
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	182–209–8 (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] When he retired, his career record of 182–209–8 gave him the most loses of any college football coach in history. His record for career losses was surpassed by Watson Brown, who retired with 211 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]

^ "Roland Ortmayer". La Verne Leopards. 9 October 2008. 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. 24 September 2014. 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. 9 October 2008. 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. 24 September 2014. 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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Biographical details
Born	(1917-08-22)August 22, 1917 College Park, Maryland, U.S.
Died	October 8, 2008(2008-10-08) (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	182–209–8 (college football) 7–31 (college basketball) 5–20 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 2 SCIAC (1975, 1982)