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]
Key
edit| 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
edit| 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 | 2002–2023 | 229 | 127 | 102 | 0 | .555 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Nate Shreffler | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
edit- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
References
edit- ^ Athletics, Hillsdale College. "Hillsdale College football head coach Keith Otterbein retires; Nate Shreffler to take over". Hillsdale Daily News. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.