Orlondo Steinauer is a former professional Canadian football safety who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the.
Education
Steinauer starred in football at Western Washington University and finished his career with 20 interceptions, 160 tackles, a forced fumble, and 89 punt returns for 965 yards (1084 yards per punt ret avg) and a touchdown. In 1995, his final year, he was a consensus first-team All-American and the CFA Defensive Player of the Year leading the United States in pass interceptions with 10 and ranked ninth nationally with an 11.6 yards punt return average.
In 1999, he was named to Western Washington University"s All-Century team and was the only player named to two first-team positions, at cornerback and punt returner.
Career
As a player, he played professional football for 12 seasons with the Ottawa Rough Riders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts from 1996 to 2008. At Lynnwood High School in Lynnwood, Washington, Steinauer lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. Steinauer joined the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 1996, but saw minimal playing time prior to the team"s dissolution at the end of that season.
In 1997, with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, he emerged as a defensive star, earning a spot on the East Division All-Star team
He was also a punt returner. Steinauer"s performance in Hamilton (1997–1999) and Toronto (2001–2008) was well regarded.
He was named a divisional All-Star six times and Canadian Football League All-Star five times. Toronto released him on August 25, 2008, prior to the ninth game of the season.
As a Canadian Football League player with more than six years experience, playing more than eight games would have guaranteed his salary for the remainder of the year.
After being released by the Argonauts, he was approached by Rogers Sportsnet to work as a football analyst for their broadcasts. Steinauer says that, as a player, football reporters told him he"d make a good broadcaster but he never thought about it until the opportunity presented itself. In 2009, he did analysis for Sportsnet"s television broadcasts and the radio Fan 590.
Steinauer is also an entrepreneur and a partner in a logistics firm.
On February 19, 2010, Steinauer was hired by the Argonauts as their defensive backs coach. On August 4, 2011, Steinauer was promoted to defensive co-ordinator of the Argonauts after the firing of Chip Garber from that position.
On December 8, 2011, new head coach Scott Milanovich announced that Steinauer would be retained as the team"s defensive backs coach. On January 3, 2013, Steinauer was named the defensive coordinator for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.