Michael Hollway served as football coach from 1987-2011. He took over after a winless season and engineered a dramatic turnaround, finishing 5-5 and as runner-up in the North Coast Athletic Conference at 4-2 in his first year, then improving to 6-4 and tying for second in NCAC before a breakthrough season in 1989 in which Bishops compiled an 8-1-1 record, shared the NCAC championship at 5-1, and had a national top-20 ranking. The league title was Ohio Wesleyan’s first since 1971. In 1990, the Bishops had perhaps his best team, leading the nation in rushing defense and ranking third in total defense and fifth in scoring defense on the way to a 9-1 record, an NCAC runner-up finish, and a second consecutive national top-20 ranking. The Bishops ranked third nationally in rushing defense in 1991, going on to an 8-2 record. The 1992 team was the highest-scoring team in school history at the time, and the 1999 Bishops finished with an 8-2 record and tied for second in the NCAC. In 2001, the Bishops went 9-1, ranked second in the nation in rushing offense and fourth in total offense, and tied for second place in the NCAC. The 2004 team bounced back from an 0-4 start to win 5 straight games and put itself in position to play for the NCAC championship and an NCAA Division III playoff bid in the season finale. He finished his career as Ohio Wesleyan’s all-time leader in victories with a 139-110-1 record in 25 seasons, compiling 6 seasons with 8 or more wins, winning one NCAC co-championship and recording 6 runner-up finishes. He shared NCAC Coach of the Year honors in 1989, had 4 players named NCAC Player of the Year, and had 11 players receive Associated Press Little All-America honors.