Education
Fertig attended the University of Southern California where he was a star quarterback for the Trojans.
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Fertig attended the University of Southern California where he was a star quarterback for the Trojans.
He was the head coach at Oregon State University from 1976 to 1979, compiling a record of 10–34–1 (233) in four seasons. In 1964, he set eight school passing records and threw the game-winning touchdown against top-ranked Notre Dame. Selected late in the 1965 NFL Draft, 270th overall, Fertig opted not to play pro football and began coaching in 1965 at University of Southern California. From 1965 to 1975, he served as an assistant coach with the Trojans, except for a year in the WFL in 1974.
Fertig was hired as an assistant coach with the Portland Storm, but the team only lasted one season.
The Internal Revenue Service impounded the franchise at the conclusion of the 1974 season and Fertig returned to University of Southern California as an assistant in 1975. In December 1975, Fertig was named the head coach at Oregon State University, with a three-year contract at $26,000 per year.
He was fired in October 1979, in the second year of a three-year contract at $33,696 per year. He coached through the end of the season, and lost the finale to Oregon 24-3 in the Civil War, the Beavers" fifth straight loss to the Ducks.
Fertig served as an assistant athletic director for the Trojans, and was later a broadcaster.
Born in Bell, California, Fertig was from Huntington Park, where his father was chief of police. He graduated from Huntington Park High School and enrolled at University of Southern California. University of Southern California remembered him with a moment of silence at the game against Oregon that evening.