Message from the President Otterbein College continues its proud tradition of athletic and academic excellence and has enjoyed over 100 years of intercollegiate competition. During that time, the Colleges mission has been to balance academics and athletic competition. Our commitment has been to the whole person, both in and out of the classroom. Our coaches are teachers first, mentors who make deep and lasting impressions on their students. While the drive to win is important, our real commitment lies in develop­ ing leadership traits and the competitive spirit, which will aid our scholar- athletes throughout their lives. On behalf of Otterbeins faculty, students and administration, we thank you for your support of Otterbeins athletics programs in 2008-2009 and for your continuing involvement in their successes. 2^ 2008 Football Schedule Sept. 6 BETHANY COLLEGE Oct. 18 WILMINGTON COLLEGE 1:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium 2:00 p.m. Memorial Stadium Westerville, Ohio Westerville, Ohio Sept. 20 MUSKINGUM COLLEGE Oct. 25 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY 1:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium 1:30 p.m. Bernlohr Stadium Westerville, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Sept. 27 OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY Nov. 1 MARIETTA COLLEGE 1:30 p.m. Dial-Roberson Stadium 1:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium Ada, Ohio Westerville, Ohio Oct. 4 HEIDELBERG COLLEGE Nov. 8 MOUNT UNION COLLEGE 7:00 p.m. Frost-Kalnow Stadium 1:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium Tiffin, Ohio Westerville, Ohio Oct. 11 BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE Nov. 15 JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY 1:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium 1:30 p.m. Don Shula Stadium Westerville, Ohio University Heights, Ohio Otterbeins 2008football program is prepared by the Colleges Office of Marketing and Communications with assistance from the Athletics Department. Contents Cardinal Facts Location Westerville, Ohio 43081 Administration........................ Enrollment 3,100 Support Staff............................ Denomination United Methodist Church Head Coach.............................. Founded 1847 Assistant Coaches................... President C. Brent DeVore Lettermen.................................. Nickname Cardinals Otterbein Team Records........ Colors Tan and Cardinal Otterbein Individual Records Conference Ohio Athletic Conference 2007 Football Statistics........... NCAA Division III Trainers, Cheerleaders...................................... Inside Back Cover Stadium Memorial Stadium (4,000) The Ohio Athletic Conference..................................... Back Cover Ballenger Field (natural grass) 2008 OAC Composite Football Schedule................... Back Cover Athletics Director Dick Reynolds (Otterbein ’65) (614)823-3518 Head FB Coach Joe Loth '91 (614) 823-3519 Fax (614) 823-1966 E-mail [email protected] 2007 Record (5-5, 5-4) Lettermen Returning 50 Lettermen Lost 29 www.otterbein.edu Starters Returning On Offense 8 Starters Returning On Defense 10 Basic Offensive Formation Spread Basic Defensive Formation Multiple 4-2-5 Head Trainer Charles Goodwin Team Physician Dr. Darrin Bright Sports Information Ed Syguda Director (614) 823-1288 (work) (614) 571-0269 (cell) Fax (614) 823-1360 E-mail [email protected] Press Box Number (614)823-3430 Otterbein Football Ticket Information (614)823-3513 Administration Dick Reynolds, who has established himself as one of the most successful basketball coaches in the 105- year history of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), brings those winning traits to his additional position of Athletics Director. Reynolds, who took over the reigns of the mens athletics department in 1992, was also placed in charge of women’s athletics in 1998 after Otterbein combined both men’s and womens athletics into one depart­ ment. A ten-time OAC Coach of the Year selection and two-time Ohio College Coach of the Year, Reynolds has taken his cagers to at least a share of the regular-season conference title 11 times and into the NCAA Division 111 Tournament 13 times. The Cardinals advanced to the Final Four in 1981 and 1991 and won the national title in 2002. He became the all-time winningest basketball coach in the OAC, surpassing Wooster’s E. M. “Mose” Hole (1926-57) in 1994 and picked up his 600th career win in 2006. Reynolds has compiled a 618-359 record over 36 seasons at Otterbein. Following graduation from Otterbein in 1965, where he was a 12-time letterman in football, basketball and track, Reynolds returned to his home town of London, Ohio, and taught seventh-grade science while serving as an assistant coach in football, basketball and track at the high school. He served three years in the US. Air Force (1966-69) as a personnel services officer in charge of recreation. He spent three seasons as an assistant under Otterbein head mens basketball coach Curt Tong while teaching in the Columbus and Westerville, Ohio school districts from 1969 to 1972. He became head coach in 1972. Reynolds and his wife, Ellen, live in Westerville. They have two children, Amanda and Chad, and five grandchildren. ADMINISTRATION Office Phone E-mail Address President Dr. C. Brent DeVore 614/823-1656 [email protected] VP Academic Affairs Dr. Abiodun Goke-Pariola 614/823-1556 [email protected] VP Admission/Financial Aid Dr. Thomas H. Stein 614/823-1500 [email protected] VP Business Affairs David Mead 614/823-1354 [email protected] Interim VP Institutional Advancement Donna Burtch 614/823-1305 [email protected] VP Student Affairs Robert M. Gatti 614/823-1250 [email protected] Financial Aid Director Thomas V. Yarnell 614/823-1502 [email protected] Alumni Director Rebecca Smith 614/823-3200 [email protected] Registrar Don Foster 614/823-1350 [email protected] ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT STAFF Office Phone E-mail Address Athletics Director Dick Reynolds 614/823-3518 rreynolds @otterbein.edu Executive Assistant Diane Ross 614/823-3513 [email protected] Sports Information Director Ed Syguda 614/823-1288 [email protected] Head Athletic Trainer Charles Goodwin 614/823-1634 [email protected] Recruiting Coordinator Kathy Mazza 614/823-3530 [email protected] Faculty Athletics Representative Jim Gorman 614/823-1111 [email protected] HEAD COACHES Office Phone E-mail Address Baseball Coach George Powell 614/823-3521 [email protected] Men’s Basketball Coach Dick Reynolds 614/823-3518 [email protected] Women’s Basketball Coach Connie Richardson 614/823-3517 [email protected] Men’s Cross Country Coach Doug Welsh 614/823-3511 [email protected] Women’s Cross Country Coach Doug Welsh 614/823-3511 [email protected] Football Coach Joe Loth 614/823-3519 [email protected] Mens & Women's Golf Coach Nathanael Petry 614/823-3551 [email protected] Men's Lacrosse Coach Michael Caravana 614/823-3546 [email protected] Men’s Soccer Coach Gerard D’Arcy 614/823-3524 [email protected] Women’s Soccer Coach Brandon Koons 614/823-1077 [email protected] Softball Coach Deb Torman 614/823-3506 [email protected] Men’s Tennis Coaches Pat and Mark Anderson 614/823-3551 [email protected] Women’s Tennis Coaches Pat and Mark Anderson 614/823-3551 [email protected] Men’s Track and Field Coach Doug Welsh 614/823-3511 [email protected] Women’s Track and Field Coach Doug Welsh 614/823-3511 [email protected] Volleyball Coach Monica McDonald 614/823-3534 [email protected] 2 Support Staff Robert Gatti Tom Stein Cass Johnson Mark Moffitt Rebecca Smith Vice President for Director of Admission Associate Director of Director of Alumni Vice President for Enrollment Admission Relations Student Affairs/Athletics Diane Ross Kathy Mazza Beth Fitzgerald Ed Syguda Connie Richardson Recruiting Coordinator Front Desk Receptionist Sports Information Executive Assistant Associate Athletics Direc­ Director tor Joan Rocks Chuck Goodwin Joe Wilkins Courtney Phillips Brenda Klein Athletic Training Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Assistant Athletic Program Director Trainer Trainer Shelley Payne Skip Ford Terry Fry Barry Fry George PoweU Assistant Athletic Equipment Manager Assistant Equipment Assistant Equipment Game Manager Trainer Manager Manager 3 Head Coach Joe Loth begins his sixth sea­ nator at NCAA Division III schools Western Connecticut State son as head football coach at University (1993-97) and Capital University (1997-98). Loth Otterbein College. spent two seasons as defensive secondary coach at the University of Rhode Island (1998-00) before accepting his first head coach­ Loth, a 1991 Otterbein graduate, ing job at Kean in February 2000. served as head football coach at Kean University, Union, N.J., for Loth was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at defensive three seasons before coming to back as an undergraduate at Otterbein. He earned second team Otterbein in 2003. All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors his senior year in 1990 and still holds the Otterbein career record of 13 interceptions. He The Painesville, Ohio, native has received his bachelor’s degree in business. taken part in rebuilding pro­ grams throughout his 16-year In 2006, Loth was inducted into his high school’s Hall of Fame at coaching career. At Kean, Loth Riverside High School in Painesville, Ohio. inherited a program riding a 16-game losing streak. In Loths final season, Kean posted its best record in eight years. Coach Loth and his wife, Keri, have two sons, Zachary, 8, and Tyler, 6. In 2005, Loth guided the Cardinals to their first winning season since 1999 and only their second since 1982. The Cardinals fin­ ished the year at 7-3 overall, and 6-3 in the OAC. Included in the win column—a 17-14 decision over cross-town rival Capital— who made the NCAA Division III playoffs. Loth was selected “OAC Football Coach of the Year” by his peers. “To me, the award is a team accomplishment for the Otterbein football program,” Loth said after receiving the coach of the year award. “Our players, my assistant coaches and the support staff here at Otterbein are as responsible as myself in earning this award. At Otterbein, the 41-year-old coach has assembled a coaching staff that, including himself, features three former Cardinals. “If you look at the great NCAA Division III programs and the staffs they have, most of their coaches have gone through their program,” Loth said.