Fred Hill (coach)

Fred Hill

Hill in 2013
Biographical details
Born	(1934-07-15)July 15, 1934
Died	March 2, 2019(2019-03-02) (aged 84)
Playing career
Football
1953–1956	Upsala
Basketball
1953–1957	Upsala
Baseball
1954–1957	Upsala
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1959–1965	Clifford Scott HS (NJ) (assistant)
1966–1969	Clifford Scott HS (NJ)
1970–1975	Pequannock Township HS (NJ)
1976–1982	Montclair State
Baseball
1966–1970	Clifford Scott HS (NJ)
1977–1983	Montclair State
1984–2013	Rutgers
2015–2016	Caldwell (assistant)
2017–2019	Kean (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	52–16–4 (college football) 1,089–749–9 (college baseball) 57–30–3 (high school football)
Tournaments	Football 1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) Baseball 9–16 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 4 NJSAC (1978–1979, 1981–1982) Baseball 3 NJSAC 5 A-10 tournament 8 A-10 regular season 4 Big East regular season 3 Big East tournament
Awards
Baseball 3× ABCA East Region Coach of the Year 1998 Big East Coach of the Year 3× A-10 Coach of the Year 1983 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year

Fred Hill Sr. (July 15, 1934 – March 2, 2019) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he served from 1984 through 2013. His teams earned 13 NCAA Division I baseball tournament bids at the school. Hill was also a head baseball and football coach for the Montclair State University Red Hawks in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. He compiled an overall college baseball coaching record of 1,089–749–9.

In seven seasons as football head coach he compiled a record of 52–16–4, including four New Jersey State Athletic Conference titles. He also led them to the school's first 10-win season in 1981. As the Red Hawks' baseball coach, Hill went 148–91–1 in seven seasons. For his highly successful coaching efforts he was inducted into the Montclair State University Hall of Fame. His jersey number was also just the third to ever be retired at MSU, joining Sam Mills and Carol Blazejowski.

Hill served as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights head baseball coach, a position that he held since from the 1984 through 2013 seasons. He recorded a record of 941–658–7 at Rutgers alone and sent 72 different players in 30 years to professional baseball careers. When Hill announced his retirement prior to the start of the 2014 NCAA baseball season, his 1,089 career wins ranked him 11th in college baseball history. He was named the A-10 Coach of the Year three times and Big East Coach of the Year once.

Hill was hired as an assistant coach of the Caldwell University Cougars baseball program in 2015, a position he stayed in for two seasons.

In 2017, Hill joined Kean University's baseball staff as an assistant coach.

Hill's son, Fred Hill, was the Scarlet Knights men's basketball head coach. His brother is Brian Hill, a former assistant coach with the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He resided in Verona with his wife Evelyn of more than 50 years. He had 6 children (Nancy, Linda, Tracey, Karen, Jimmy and, Fred); Hill also had 12 grandchildren (Jessica, Danielle, Steven, Brian, James, Natalie, Andrew, Caroline, Nicholas, Alexandra, Giselle, and Giancarlo). Fred Hill, Sr. attended Clifford Scott High School in East Orange, NJ. He also attended Upsala College and graduated in 1957. Fred Hill, Jr. attended Verona High School. Hill died on March 2 at the age of 84.^[1]

Below is a table of Hill's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

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