Michael Herzog broke a G-MAC and school record Saturday. Courtesy | Isabella Sheehan When senior running back Michael Herzog and the Hillsdale Charger football team defeated the Ohio Dominican University Panthers 35-17 on senior day Nov. 11, they clinched their first winning record since 2019 at 6-5 overall. After a 1-5 start to the season,...
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The Ottershrine: Coach makes his perfect man cave
Otterbein has a room full of awards and trophies from his time playing and coaching. Courtesy | Keith Otterbein Every year, as a different group of Hillsdale football players file into head coach Keith Otterbein’s home for the annual senior dinner, Otterbein’s wife Amy makes the same remark: “You all need to make sure to...
Charger Football: a family business
When I entered the sports complex and asked where to find coach Otterbein’s office, the receptionist asked, “which one?” Though many just know the head coach, Keith Otterbein ’79, there are two more Otterbeins on the coaching staff for Charger football – Keith’s two sons, Steve ’07 and Brad ’11. In his undergraduate days, Keith...
Football ranked fifth in G-MAC preseason poll
The Hillsdale College Football team is preparing for another underdog season, as the G-MAC coaches preseason poll once again ranks the team fifth prior to its season opener in Lake Erie next Saturday. “I haven’t thought about it for two seconds,” head coach Keith Otterbein said. “It’s a preseason poll, those don’t matter, they go...