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Hatch was the head football coach at [[Alma College]] in [[Alma, Michigan]] for one season in 1902. His 1902 Alma team went 5–1 and was declared conference champions for the [[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miaa.org/fb/fbchamp.html#1900.|title=All-time conference champions|publisher=[[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]|access-date=November 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127041236/http://www.miaa.org/fb/fbchamp.html#1900.|archivedate=November 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=<!–Not stated–> |title=Football Head Coaching Overall Records |url=https://almascots.com/sports/football/coaches/overall |publisher=[[Alma College]] |access-date=January 3, 2026 }}</ref> In 1903, Hatch was hired at the athletic coach at Waynesburg College—now known as [[Waynesburg University]]—in [[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!–Staff writer(s); no by-line.–> |title=New Coach For Waynesburg College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-waynesburg-republican/188095229/ |newspaper=The Waynesburg Republican |location=[[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]] |date=September 3, 1903 |page=1 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> In 1904, he was appointed as the [[athletic director]] at Valley City State Normal School—now known as [[Valley City State University]]—in [[Valley City, North Dakota]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!–Staff writer(s); no by-line.–> |title=Oberlin College Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript/188095310/ |newspaper=[[Boston Evening Transcript]] |location=[[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] |date=September 23, 1904 |page=9 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!–Staff writer(s); no by-line.–> |title=Valley City, N. D., Normal Adds A Department Of Manual Training and Several New Instuctors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-journal/188101790/ |newspaper=[[Minnesota Star Tribune|The Minneapolis Journal]] |location=[[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |date= October 22, 1904 |page=17 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

In 1907, Hatch was appointed football coach at [[Lincoln-West High School|West High School]] in [[Cleveland]]. He was also the school’s athletic director for two years, until returning to [[Oberlin, Ohio]] as [[Oberlin High School (Ohio)|Oberlin High School]]’s football coach in 1909.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!–Staff writer(s); no by-line.–> |title=Fred Hatch Will Coach at O. H. S. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chronicle-telegram/188094876/ |newspaper=The Evening Telegram |location=[[Elyria, Ohio]] |date=September 28, 1909 |page=5 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> He gave up teaching in 1910, and became a railway postal clerk based in [[Oberlin, Ohio]]. He continued to coach in various local organizations for some years.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oberlin Alumni Magazine|year=1948|url=https://archive.org/details/oberlinalumnimag1948ober|publisher=Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio}}</ref>

In 1907, Hatch was appointed football coach at [[Lincoln-West High School|West High School]] in [[Cleveland]]. He was also the school’s athletic director for two years until returning to [[Oberlin, Ohio]] as [[Oberlin High School (Ohio)|Oberlin High School]]’s football coach in 1909.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!–Staff writer(s); no by-line.–> |title=Fred Hatch Will Coach at O. H. S. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chronicle-telegram/188094876/ |newspaper=The Evening Telegram |location=[[Elyria, Ohio]] |date=September 28, 1909 |page=5 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> He gave up teaching in 1910, and became a railway postal clerk based in Oberlin, Ohio. He continued to coach in various local organizations for some years.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Oberlin Alumni Magazine|year=1948|url=https://archive.org/details/oberlinalumnimag1948ober|publisher=Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio}}</ref>

Hatch married his Oberlin College classmate, Ellen Hayden Birdseye, on September 28, 1905. Exactly one year after their marriage, their only son, George Birdseye, was born. Hatch died on December 24, 1932, in [[Oberlin, Ohio]]. His wife, Ellen, died in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!–Staff writer(s); no by-line.–> |title=Death Records; Ellen Birdseye Hatch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chronicle-telegram-obituary-for-elle/188101393/ |newspaper=The Chronicle-Telegram |location=[[Elyria, Ohio]] |date=July 5, 1947 |page=2 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

American football coach, athletics administrator, educator (1877–1932)

Frederick Milton Hatch (October 28, 1877 – December 24, 1932) was an American football coach, athletics administrator, and educator.

Born October 28, 1877 in Bureau County, Illinois, Hatch grew up near Creston, Iowa. He attended the Oberlin Academy from 1896 to 1898. He enrolled at Oberlin College in 1898 and graduated in 1902. He was the captain of the football team in 1900 and of the track team in 1902. Hatch lettered for the football team four times, from 1898 to 1901, playing at end and halfback.^[1]^[2]

Hatch was the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan for one season in 1902. His 1902 Alma team went 5–1 and was declared conference champions for the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.^[3]^[4] In 1903, Hatch was hired at the athletic coach at Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.^[5] In 1904, he was appointed as the athletic director at Valley City State Normal School—now known as Valley City State University—in Valley City, North Dakota.^[6]^[7]

In 1907, Hatch was appointed football coach at West High School in Cleveland. He was also the school’s athletic director for two years until returning to Oberlin, Ohio as Oberlin High School‘s football coach in 1909.^[8] He gave up teaching in 1910, and became a railway postal clerk based in Oberlin, Ohio. He continued to coach in various local organizations for some years.^[9]