List of Hillsdale Chargers head football coaches

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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 29 head coaches (not counting "student coaches") since its first recorded football game in 1891. The current coach is Nate Shreffler who first took the position for the 2024 season. [1]

Contents

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall ties [A 3] C%Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O%Overall winning percentage [A 4]

Coaches

No.NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLCCsAwards
0No coach18911895181071.583
1 Duncan M. Martin 1896, 18989441.500
2 Nate Duffy 18973111.500
0No coach18991903289190.321
3 Harry McRae 19047070.000
0No coach190510550.500
4 William Boone 19067070.000
5 James Whipple 19076420.667
6Herbert C. Reed1908191021795.452
7 Claude J. Hunt 1911191212831.708
8 Charles Firth 19136231.417
9 Leroy Buchiet 191419172710143.426
10 Lawrence Manson 19186150.167
11 Samuel Taylor 19197340.429
12 William J. Rennie 19201921171241.735
13 Louis Ost 19228350.375
14 Howard B. Jefferson 1923192415942.667
15 Elroy Guckert 1925192616952.625
16 Dwight Harwood 19271945135695214.563
17 David M. Nelson 19461947171412.882
18 Gib Holgate 19489621.722
19 Jack Petoskey 19491950191171.605
20 Irv Wisniewski 19518260.250
21 Henry Fallon 19528350.375
22 Charlie Bachman 195310532.600
23 Muddy Waters 19541973190138475.739
24 Jack McAvoy 197419774124161.598
25 Ron Lynch 19781979228140.364
26 Dick Lowry 19801996188134522.718
27 Dave Dye 199720015521340.382
28 Keith Otterbein 200220232291271020.555
29 Nate Shreffler 2024present0000

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. Athletics, Hillsdale College. "Hillsdale College football head coach Keith Otterbein retires; Nate Shreffler to take over". Hillsdale Daily News. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 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 September 6, 2010. 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 September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.