The Hillsdale Chargers football program is a college football team that represents Hillsdale College in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, a part of the NCAA Division II. The team has had 28 head coaches (not counting "student coaches") since its first recorded football game in 1891. The current coach is Keith Otterbein who first took the position for the 2002 season.[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs Awards
0 No coach 1891–1895 18 10 7 1 .583 — — — — — — — —
1 Duncan M. Martin 1896, 1898 9 4 4 1 .500 — — — — — — — —
2 Nate Duffy 1897 3 1 1 1 .500 — — — — — — — —
0 No coach 1899–1903 28 9 19 0 .321 — — — — — — — —
3 Harry McRae 1904 7 0 7 0 .000 — — — — — — — —
0 No coach 1905 10 5 5 0 .500 — — — — — — — —
4 William Boone 1906 7 0 7 0 .000 — — — — — — — —
5 James Whipple 1907 6 4 2 0 .667 — — — — — — — —
6 Herbert C. Reed 1908–1910 21 7 9 5 .452 — — — — — — — —
7 Claude J. Hunt 1911–1912 12 8 3 1 .708 — — — — — — — —
8 Charles Firth 1913 6 2 3 1 .417 — — — — — — — —
9 Leroy Buchiet 1914–1917 27 10 14 3 .426 — — — — — — — —
10 Lawrence Manson 1918 6 1 5 0 .167 — — — — — — — —
11 Samuel Taylor 1919 7 3 4 0 .429 — — — — — — — —
12 William J. Rennie 1920–1921 17 12 4 1 .735 — — — — — — — —
13 Louis Ost 1922 8 3 5 0 .375 — — — — — — — —
14 Howard B. Jefferson 1923–1924 15 9 4 2 .667 — — — — — — — —
15 Elroy Guckert 1925–1926 16 9 5 2 .625 — — — — — — — —
16 Dwight Harwood 1927–1945 135 69 52 14 .563 — — — — — — — —
17 David M. Nelson† 1946–1947 17 14 1 2 .882 — — — — — — — —
18 Gib Holgate 1948 9 6 2 1 .722 — — — — — — — —
19 Jack Petoskey 1949–1950 19 11 7 1 .605 — — — — — — — —
20 Irv Wisniewski 1951 8 2 6 0 .250 — — — — — — — —
21 Henry Fallon 1952 8 3 5 0 .375 — — — — — — — —
22 Charlie Bachman† 1953 10 5 3 2 .600 — — — — — — — —
23 Muddy Waters† 1954–1973 190 138 47 5 .739 — — — — — — — —
24 Jack McAvoy 1974–1977 41 24 16 1 .598 — — — — — — — —
25 Ron Lynch 1978–1979 22 8 14 0 .364 — — — — — — — —
26 Dick Lowry 1980–1996 188 134 52 2 .718 — — — — — — — —
27 Dave Dye 1997–2001 55 21 34 0 .382 — — — — — — — —
28 Keith Otterbein 2002– 227 127 100 0 .559 — — — — — — — —

Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Hillsdale Chargers 2010 Media Guide" (PDF). Hillsdale College. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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