About: Fred M. Hatch

Fred Milton Hatch (October 28, 1877 – December 25, 1932) was an American football coach. Hatch was born October 28, 1877, in Bureau County, Illinois and grew up near Creston, Iowa. He attended the Oberlin Academy from 1896 to 1898. In 1898 enrolled at Oberlin College, from which he graduated in 1902. He was the captain of the football team in 1900 and of the track team in 1902. After graduation, he taught and coached several sports at Valley City State Normal School—now known as Valley City State University in North Dakota and at Alma College in Michigan. Newspaper records suggest his basketball teams were particularly successful. On September 10, 1907, he was appointed football coach at West High School in Cleveland. In 1910 he gave up teaching and became a railway postal clerk based in O