Sam H. Hill

Sam H. Hill
Biographical details
Born	November 20, 1898; Ludlow, Illinois, U.S.
Died	March 14, 1978 (aged 79); Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1922	Illinois
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1924	Fairmount
1925–1926	Wesleyan
1927	Rollins
1928–1929	Wichita
Basketball
1923–1925	Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall	20–29–5 (football)

Samuel Houston Hill (November 20, 1898 – March 14, 1978) was an American football and basketball coach.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Hill was born in Ludlow, Illinois. He was the youngest of six children born to Harriet and William Hill.

Coaching career

Wichita State

Hill was the 14th head football coach for Fairmont College and the University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 to 1924 and again from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 14–4–5. This ranks him ninth at Wichita State in terms of total wins and 14th at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage. Fairmount College became the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926. ^[3]

Wesleyan

Hill also served as the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 5–10.^[4]

Later life and death

Hill was later director of labor relations for the truck division of General Motors. He moved from Royal Oak, Michigan to retire in Clearwater, Florida, where he lived for 12 years before dying on March 14, 1978.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Fairmount Wheatshockers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1924)
1923	Fairmount	2–4–2	2–2–2	T–8th
1924	Fairmount	6–2–1	5–2–1	4th
Wesleyan Methodists (Independent) (1925–1926)
1925	Wesleyan	2–5
1926	Wesleyan	3–5
Wesleyan:		5–10
Rollins Tars (Independent) (1927)
1927	Rollins	1–5
Rollins:		1–5
Wichita Shockers (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1929)
1928	Wichita	3–5	2–4	5th
1929	Wichita	3–3–2	2–2–2	T–3rd
Fairmount/Wichita:		14–14–5	11–10–5
Total:		20–29–5

References

^ National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States; American Football Coaches Association (1925). Athletic Journal. Vol. 6. Athletic Journal Publishing Company. ISSN 0004-6655. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ Arbogast, K.H. (1982). The house of Hill: the story of the Hills and other allied families--Covington, Hammond, Coleman, Florence, Galbreath, Gilliland, Kinnear, Sharp, Shawhan, Hamilton, Yoakum, McKinley, Litten, Whiteside, Gulick, Wilson, Schleich, Davis, Hott, Trump, Porter, Graham, Cardiff, Wittich, and others. Fish Graphics. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ "Wichita St. Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
^ "All-Time Coaching Records". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
^ "Hill, Samuel H." Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 18, 1978. p. 29. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[google-1] National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States; American Football Coaches Association (1925). Athletic Journal. Vol. 6. Athletic Journal Publishing Company. ISSN 0004-6655. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[google2-2] Arbogast, K.H. (1982). The house of Hill: the story of the Hills and other allied families--Covington, Hammond, Coleman, Florence, Galbreath, Gilliland, Kinnear, Sharp, Shawhan, Hamilton, Yoakum, McKinley, Litten, Whiteside, Gulick, Wilson, Schleich, Davis, Hott, Trump, Porter, Graham, Cardiff, Wittich, and others. Fish Graphics. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[cfbdatawarehouse-3] "Wichita St. Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

[4] "All-Time Coaching Records". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.

[5] "Hill, Samuel H." Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 18, 1978. p. 29. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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