Marty Schaetzle

Marty Schaetzle
Playing career
Football
1980–1982Bucknell
Baseball
1983Bucknell
Position(s)Offensive lineman (football)
Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1983Albany (GA)
1984–1985Arizona (GA)
1986–1988Sonoma State (OC/OL)
1989Northern Arizona (OL)
1990–1996Shippensburg (assistant)
1997–2001Bucknell (assistant)
2002–2021Mercyhurst
Head coaching record
Overall97–114
Tournaments1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 PSAC (2010)
2 PSAC Western Division (2010, 2012)

Martin Schaetzle is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2021, compiling a record of 97–114.

Schaetzle played high school football at St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens and college football at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.[1] He was co-captain of the 1982 Bucknell Bison football team. After graduating from Bucknell in 1983, Schaetzle earned a master's degree in business education at University at Albany, SUNY, where he also worked as an assistant football coach.[2] He was a graduate assistant at the University of Arizona from 1984 to 1985 before moving to Sonoma State University in 1986 as an assistant football coach.[3] Schaetzle spent 1989 as offensive line coach at Northern Arizona University. He returned to Pennsylvania when he was hired in March 1990 as an assistant coach at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania under head football coach Rocky Rees.[4]

  1. ^ "Marty Schaetzle '79 Coach of the Year Finalist". Fresh Meadows, New York: St. Francis Preparatory School. February 8, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Former BU player return as grid aide". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania. July 16, 1997. p. B6. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Axman to Stanford". Tucson Citizen. Tucson, Arizona. March 25, 1986. p. 7D. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Shippensburg U. hires assistant football coach". Public Opinion. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. March 24, 1990. p. 1B. Retrieved December 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.