List of Hillsdale Chargers head football coaches

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]
# 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
dagger Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

#NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards
0No coach18911895181071.583
1D. M. Martin1896, 18989441.500
2Nate Duffy18973111.500
0No coach18991903289190.321
3Harry McRae19047070.000
0No coach190510550.500
4William Boone19067070.000
5James Whipple19076420.667
6Herbert C. Reed1908191021795.452
7Claude J. Hunt1911191212831.708
8Charles Firth19136231.417
9Leroy Buchiet191419172710143.426
10Lawrence Manson19186150.167
11Samuel Taylor19197340.429
12William J. Rennie19201921171241.735
13Louis Ost19228350.375
14Howard Jefferson1923192415942.667
15Elroy Guckert1925192616952.625
16Dwight Harwood19271945135695214.563
17David M. Nelson19461947171412.882
18Gib Holgate19489621.722
19Jack Petoskey19491950191171.605
20Irv Wisniewski19518260.250
21Henry Fallon19528350.375
22Charlie Bachman195310532.600
23 Frank "Muddy" Waters 19541973 190 138 47 5 .739
24Jack McAvoy197419774124161.598
25Ron Lynch19781979228140.364
26Dick Lowry19801996188134522.718
27Dave Dye199720015521340.382
28Keith Otterbein200220109048420.533

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. 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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