Roland Ortmayer

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]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
William Penn Quakers (Iowa Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	William Penn	0–6	0–4	13th
1947	William Penn	0–8	0–6	13th
William Penn:		0–14	0–10
La Verne Leopards (NAIA Division II 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	3–6
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	1–3	5th
1972	La Verne	6–3	3–2	3rd
1973	La Verne	4–5	3–2	T–2nd
1974	La Verne	5–5	3–2	3rd
1975	La Verne	6–3–1	4–0–1	T–1st
1976	La Verne	5–4	3–2	T–2nd
1977	La Verne	4–5	2–3	4th
1978	La Verne	1–7	1–4	5th
1979	La Verne	4–5	2–3	T–4th
1980	La Verne	2–8	1–4	5th
1981	La Verne	2–7	1–4	T–4th
1982	La Verne	8–1	4–1	1st
1983	La Verne	3–5	2–3	T–3rd
1984	La Verne	6–3	2–1–2^{[n 1]}	3rd
1985	La Verne	4–5	2–3^{[n 1]}	4th
1986	La Verne	6–3	3–1–1^{[n 1]}	T–2nd
1987	La Verne	3–6	2–2–1^{[n 1]}	3rd
1988	La Verne	3–6	2–3^{[n 1]}	4th
1989	La Verne	4–5	3–1–1^{[n 1]}	T–2nd
1990	La Verne	4–5	2–2–1^{[n 1]}	3rd
La Verne:		182–195–8	46–46–7
Total:		182–209–8
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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

^ "Roland Ortmayer". La Verne Leopards. October 9, 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. September 24, 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 .

[SCIAC-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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.

[1] "Roland Ortmayer". La Verne Leopards. October 9, 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. September 24, 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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Head coaching record

College football

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