Career

He served as the head football coach at Wittenberg University from 1969 to 1983, compiling a record of 129–23–3. Maurer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991 as a coach. He died on July 30, 2011 at the Eaglewood Care Center in Springfield, Ohio.

Achievements

• His teams won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III National Football Championship in 1973 and 1975, and were runners-up in 1978 and 1979.