Steve Ortmayer was an assistant head coach, special teams coordinator, and tight end

Tight end

The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

s coach at the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

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. Ortmayer grew up in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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 and Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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. He played one season at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

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 before transferring to the University of La Verne

University of La Verne

The University of La Verne is a private research university located in La Verne, California . Founded in 1891, the university is composed of the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public Management, College of Education and Organizational Leadership, College of Law, and a Regional...

 and playing three seasons there.

Coaching

Ortmayer got his start in coaching at the University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

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 in 1967 and also spent a season at Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology

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. From 1968 to 1973, he was Assistant Head Coach, offensive line coach, and defensive line coach for Colorado. In 1974, he was Assistant Head Coach and offensive line coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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. After one year with the Yellow Jackets

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, Ortmayer moved on to the NFL to be the special teams coach of the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 from 1975

1975 NFL season

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-1977

1977 NFL season

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 . Ortmayer spent 25 seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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 and won two Super Bowl rings as special teams coach with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders in 1981

1981 NFL season

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 and 1984

1984 NFL season

The 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League. The Colts relocated from Baltimore, Maryland to Indianapolis, Indiana....

.In 2003, he became assistant head coach, special teams coordinator, and tight ends coach at the University of Kentucky. Ortmayer has coached in 5 college bowl games and for eight NFL playoff teams, in addition to his two Super Bowl wins with the Raiders.

Executive career

In 1987

1987 NFL season

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, he moved to the San Diego Chargers

San Diego Chargers

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 as General Manager

General Manager (American football)

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 where he served until his release in December of 1989

1989 NFL season

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. He the rejoined the Raiders until moving to an administrative office with the Los Angeles Rams

St. Louis Rams

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. With the Raiders, he served in a number of capacities ranging from assistant coach to Director of Football Operations. Ortmayer was on the sidelines when the Raiders won both Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII. In 1995

1995 NFL season

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, as Vice President of Football Operations of the Rams, Ortmayer oversaw the move from Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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 to St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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. In 2000, Ortmayer was named Director of Player Personnel of the XFL

XFL

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's Memphis team.