Overall, Schottenheimer was the head coach for four different franchises: Cleveland, Kansas City, Washington and San Diego.
Before his coaching career ever began, he lived in Denver and worked in real estate for a couple of years. He and his wife used to go over to the house of Broncos defensive coordinator Joe Collier to socialize ("a great couple," Joe fondly remembers) and Marty decided he wanted to try his hand at coaching.
He had played for Collier in Buffalo when Collier was the Bills' head coach, and Joe notes, "He was not a starter, but was a heck of a backup and special teams guy. Marty really knew the game.
"I loved the guy. When I got fired as defensive coordinator here in Denver, he called me and offered me a chance to go to Kansas City with him as a consultant.
"Marty was a great guy, wonderful wife and family, a true gentleman of the game who remained true to the finest of values," Collier added.
"At that time Dick Coury (a former Denver assistant) was the head coach of the team in Portland (an incarnation of the World Football League) and I called Dick and was able to get 'Schottzie' an assistant's job. But the league folded."
Collier continued, "But Bill Arnsparger was head coach of the New York Giants back then, and I was able to call Bill and get Marty an interview. He got hired, and the rest is history."
History, indeed.
Schottenheimer was ever thankful to Joe Collier as he climbed the coaching ranks, and he found lots of success over more than 20 years as a head coach.
While he competed against signal callers like Elway and Dan Marino, for much of his coaching career he struggled to find consistency under center with his own teams. Though he coached the likes of Joe Montana, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers, only one quarterback started at least 50 career games during Schottenheimer's coaching career.
An old-school, no-nonsense type of coach, he was sometimes criticized for his conservative style, but much of that criticism was driven by coaching against teams with better quarterbacks. Then, as now, the NFL was and is a quarterback-driven league.
He had a 5-13 postseason record, but 10 of his 13 playoff losses were to Hall of Fame quarterbacks, (Elway, Tom Brady, Jim Kelly, Marino and Warren Moon). Having that type of passer on the roster was a luxury rarely enjoyed by Schottenheimer.
Two things that are forever traits of Marty Schottenheimer are his values system, which never left him for a second, and his ability to completely prepare a team, regardless of the talent he had.
He competed, and he never stopped competing, and the teams he faced are all the richer in the nobility of football for having played against Marty Schottenheimer.
Rest in peace, Coach.
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