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10 Facts About Kurt Schottenheimer

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Kurt Schottenheimer was born on October 1,1949 and is an American former football coach who was a position coach and coordinator at the college and professional levels for almost 40 years.

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Kurt Schottenheimer was a junior college All-American quarterback at Coffeyville Community College, and led the nation in passing as a sophomore.

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Kurt Schottenheimer was inducted into Coffeyville's athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Kurt Schottenheimer then pursued a coaching career in the college ranks, working as the defensive coordinator for William Paterson University in 1974, the linebackers and defensive backs coach at Michigan State from 1978 to 1982, at Tulane as the defensive backs coach in 1983, then as a linebackers coach for LSU from 1984 to 1985 and with Notre Dame in 1986.

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Kurt Schottenheimer then accepted the same position with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1989, and remained there until 1994.

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Kurt Schottenheimer spent three more seasons as a defensive coordinator in the NFL, serving one year with the Washington Redskins and two seasons with the Detroit Lions.

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Kurt Schottenheimer then served as the secondary coach in Green Bay from 2006 until 2008.

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Kurt Schottenheimer was hired by Head Coach Mike Singletary to be the San Francisco 49ers' special teams coordinator for the 2010 season.

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Kurt Schottenheimer was dismissed at the conclusion of the season following the team's firing of Singletary.

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In September 2012, just prior to the start of the 2012 UFL season, Kurt Schottenheimer was named as his brother's successor as head coach of the Destroyers.