He played college football as a linebacker and offensive guard for the Colorado Buffaloes from 1956 to 1958 and was the head coach of the New Mexico Lobos from 1974 to 1979.
[3] He next worked as the head football coach at Colorado's Air Academy High School from 1961 to 1963.
[4] In March 1964, he was hired as an assistant football coach at his alma mater, the University of Colorado.
[6] After being fired by the University of New Mexico, Mondt worked for Galles Racing for four years and then partnered with a former Colorado teammate to found Stolar Research.
For the next 20 years, he was the head football coach and a math and physics teacher at Eaton High School.