Fred Hill (coach)

Fred Hill
	Hill in 2013
Current position
Title	Assistant coach (baseball)
Team	Kean University
Biographical details
Born	July 15, 1934 (age 90)
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; 5× A-10 Tournament Champions; 8× A-10 Regular Season Champions; 4× 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 ; 3× 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
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 or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#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]

Statistics overview
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

^ "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.
^ "2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book". pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Media Guide". BigEast.org. pp. 60–66. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "2012 Big East Baseball Championship Tournament Central". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "2013 Big East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

External links

Rutgers profile

[mg2012ru-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.

[mg2012a10-2] "2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book". pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[mg2012be-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.

[standings2012-4] "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[conftourn2012-5] "2012 Big East Baseball Championship Tournament Central". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

[bigeastst13-6] "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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