Joe Loth

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Joe Loth
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Western Connecticut
Conference MASCAC
Record68–43
Biographical details
Born (1967-01-17) January 17, 1967 (age 57)
Painesville, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1990 Otterbein
Position(s) Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992 SMU (GA)
1993–1996 Western Connecticut (DC)
1997 Capital (DC)
1998–1999 Rhode Island (DB)
2000–2002 Kean
2003–2011 Otterbein
2012–presentWestern Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall124–107
Bowls1–2
Tournaments0–2 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MASCAC (2023)
Awards
OAC Coach of the Year (2005, 2008)

Joseph Loth (born January 17, 1967)[ citation needed ] is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Western Connecticut State University, [1] a position he has held since 2012.

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In eight seasons as head football coach for Otterbein University, his previous head coaching job, he compiled a record of 46–35, including a 7–3 (6–3 OAC) record in 2005—the first winning season for Otterbein since 1999 and only the second since 1982. That year they also beat their rival, Capital University, who had qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs. He has the highest winning percentage in Otterbein history for any coach who has coached at least three seasons. The Cardinals finished second in the OAC in 2009, 8–2 overall and 7–2. In 2008 they went 9–2 overall and 8–1 in the OAC. They advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Playoffs for the first time in school history. Loth was named "OAC Football Coach of the Year" for the second time in his career and was named Ohio Division III Coach of the Year by OhioFootball.Com.

In the summer of 2009, Loth worked with the wide receivers as a guest coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who advanced to the 2009 Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League.

Loth played college football at Otterbein from 1987 to 1990, lettering all four seasons and a starter for three. In his senior season he garnered Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team honors and is still the school's all-time leader in interceptions (13).

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Kean Cougars (New Jersey Athletic Conference)(2000–2002)
2000 Kean1–90–67th
2001 Kean2–71–5T–6th
2002 Kean4–62–45th
Kean:7–223–15
Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference)(2003–2011)
2003 Otterbein3–73–67th
2004 Otterbein4–63–6T–7th
2005 Otterbein7–36–3T–4th
2006 Otterbein4–63–6T–7th
2007 Otterbein5–55–4T–4th
2008 Otterbein9–28–12ndL NCAA Division III First Round
2009 Otterbein8–27–2T–2nd
2010 Otterbein6–45–4T–4th
2011 Otterbein3–72–7T–8th
Otterbein:49–4242–39
Western Connecticut Colonials (New Jersey Athletic Conference)(2012)
2012 Western Connecticut1–81–7T–8th
Western Connecticut Colonials / Wolves (Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2013–present)
2013 Western Connecticut8–26–22ndW Northeast
2014 Western Connecticut7–46–22ndL Northeast
2015 Western Connecticut5–54–4T–4th
2016 Western Connecticut5–54–4T–3rd
2017 Western Connecticut7–35–3T–3rd
2018 Western Connecticut8–26–2T–2nd
2019 Western Connecticut8–36–2T–2ndL New England
2020–21 No team—COVID-19
2021 Western Connecticut 5–54–45th
2022 Western Connecticut 7–36–2T–2nd
2023 Western Connecticut7–37–1T–1stL NCAA Division III First Round
2024 Western Connecticut0–00–0
Western Connecticut:68–4355–33
Total:124–107
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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  1. "Joe Loth - Head Football Coach - Football Coaches".