Fred Hill (coach)

For other uses, see Fred Hill (disambiguation).
Fred Hill

Hill in 2013
Sport(s) Football, baseball
Current position
Title Assistant coach (baseball)
Team Kean University
Biographical details
Born (1934-07-15) July 15, 1934
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1976–1982 Montclair State
Baseball
1977–1983 Montclair State
1984–2013 Rutgers
Head coaching record
Overall 52–16–4 (football)
1,089–749–9 (baseball)
Tournaments DI: 9-16
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 NJSAC (1978–1979, 1981–1982)

Baseball
3× NJSAC Champions
A-10 Tournament Champions
8× A-10 Regular Season Champions
Big East Regular Season Champions
3× Big East Tournament Champions
12× NCAA World Series appearances
Awards
Baseball
3× ABCA East Region Coach of the Year
1998 Big East Coach of the Year
A-10 Coach of the Year
1983 NCAA Division III Coach of the Year

Fred Hill, Jr. (born July 15, 1934) was the head baseball coach at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he served from 1984 through 2013. He earned 13 NCAA 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.

Coaching career

Montclair State

In seven seasons as football head coach he compiled a record of 52–16–4, including four New Jersey State Athletic Conference 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.

Rutgers

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.

Caldwell

As of the start of 2015, Fred was hired as an assistant coach of the Caldwell University Cougars Baseball program.

Personal life

Hill's son, Fred Hill, was the Scarlet Knights men's basketball head coach. His son is now the assistant coach for Seton Hall men's basketball. His brother is Brian Hill, an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. He resides in Verona with his wife Evelyn of more than 50 years. He has 6 children (Nancy, Linda, Tracey, Karen, Jimmy and, Fred) Hill also has 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.

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank#
Montclair State Red Hawks (New Jersey State Athletic Conference) (1976–1982)
1976 Montclair State 4–5–1 4–1 2nd
1977 Montclair State 6–4 3–2 3rd
1978 Montclair State 8–2 5–0 1st
1979 Montclair State 8–1–1 4–0–1 1st
1980 Montclair State 8–2 5–1 2nd
1981 Montclair State 10–2 6–0 1st
1982 Montclair State 8–0–2 6–0 1st L NCAA Division III Semifinals
Total: 52–16–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Baseball

Below is a table of Hill's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Montclair State Indians (New Jersey Athletic Conference (Division III)) (1977–1983)
1977 Montclair State 17-12 9-3
1978 Montclair State 21-12 8-1 NCAA Regional
1979 Montclair State 17-15 8-2
1980 Montclair State 19-14 9-6
1981 Montclair State 18-10 6-4
1982 Montclair State 25-14-1 8-2 NCAA Regional
1983 Montclair State 31-14-1 10-2 College World Series
Montclair State: 148-91-2 58-20
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1984–1991)
1984 Rutgers 13-21 4-7 4th (East)
1985 Rutgers 25-15 6-6 3rd (East)
1986 Rutgers 28-18 9-2 1st (East) NCAA Regional
1987 Rutgers 36-14-1 11-4-1 1st (East) A-10 Tournament
1988 Rutgers 38-21-1 14-2 1st (East) NCAA Regional
1989 Rutgers 34-18 14-2 1st (East) A-10 Tournament
1990 Rutgers 37-19 14-2 1st (East) NCAA Regional
1991 Rutgers 33-24-2 11-5 1st (East) NCAA Regional
1992 Rutgers 32-17 14-2 1st (East) A-10 Tournament
1993 Rutgers 38-17 14-6 1st NCAA Regional
1994 Rutgers 28-19 15-4 3rd A-10 Tournament
1995 Rutgers 28-29 13-11 4th A-10 Tournament
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big East Conference) (1996–present)
1996 Rutgers 32-21-1 15-7-1 2nd (National) Big East Tournament
1997 Rutgers 28-24 13-11 2nd (National) Big East Tournament
1998 Rutgers 33-16 17-3 1st NCAA Regional
1999 Rutgers 37-21 19-7 2nd Big East Tournament
2000 Rutgers 40-18 18-5 1st NCAA Regional
2001 Rutgers 42-17 18-8 2nd Big East Tournament
2002 Rutgers 35-22 15-11 T–3rd Big East Tournament
2003 Rutgers 37-22 19-6 1st Big East Tournament
2004 Rutgers 30-23 13-11 5th
2005 Rutgers 32-21 12-12 5th
2006 Rutgers 29-28-1 13-14 6th Big East Tournament
2007 Rutgers 42-21 20-7 T–1st NCAA Regional
2008 Rutgers 23-29 11-16 T–9th
2009 Rutgers 22-31 8-19 11th
2010 Rutgers 30-26 15-12 6th Big East Tournament
2011 Rutgers 20-30 11-16 11th
2012 Rutgers 31-25 16-11 5th Big East Tournament
2013 Rutgers 28-30 14-10 5th Big East Tournament
Rutgers: 941-658-7 406-239-2
Total: 1089-749-9

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. "2012 Rutgers Baseball Media Guide". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers Sports Information. pp. 66–69. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  2. "2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book". pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  3. "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Media Guide". BigEast.org. pp. 60–66. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  4. "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  5. "2012 Big East Baseball Championship Tournament Central". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  6. "2013 Big East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

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